People
The president who took office after Abraham Lincoln
Who is Andrew Johnson
Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans after Emancipation.
What are the Black Codes
What is the 13th amendment
At least two ways that white racists kept African Americans from voting even after they were legally allowed to
What are poll taxes, literacy tests, intimidation/ violence
The part of the US that was not super affected by the war
What is the North
Creator of 'The Greatest Show on Earth'
Who is P.T. Barnum
Term coined by Mark Twain to describe the time period from the 1870s- 1890's, which was represented by political corruption and wealth inequality.
What is The Gilded Age
Amendment that allowed African American males over the age of 18 to vote
Name of the famous elephant that was apart of PT Barnum's show
Who is Jumbo
Term used to describe when many Northerners went South to help teach and aid with programs
Congressional (or military) Reconstruction
President who was one vote away from being impeached
Who is Andrew Johnson
Term used to describe the land occupied by the Indigenous People.
Unorganized Territory
Amendment that granted citizenship and equal rights to anyone who was born in the US
What is the 14th Amendment
This term conflicted with the views and beliefs of Andrew Johnson, and aimed to give more freedom to African Americans
What is Radical Reconstruction
The term used to describe the first two years of reconstruction, marked by Andrew Johnson being in full control.
Presidential Reconstruction
Although not a mayor, he controlled New York
Who is Boss Tweed or Who is William Marcy Tweed
Overcrowded apartments in the city
What are tenements
First federal US law that granted freedom to ALL individuals
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1866
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Enemy of President Johnson who was a Radical Republican
Who is Thaddeus Stevens
This man was the first African American individual to serve a full term in the US Senate
Who is Blanche Bruce
Policy that provided assistance to thousands of formerly enslaved individuals after Emancipation.
What is The Freedmen's Bureau
The amount of sections in the 14th Amendment
What is 5
German immigrant that advocated for anti- slavery rights
Who is Carl Schurz
A labor system that was developed during reconstruction that was meant to be a compromise for newly freed African Americans who wanted land independence
What is sharecropping