People
16th president of the United States, supported presidential reconstruction, later was assassinated
Who is Abraham Lincoln
reversed the changes brought by radical reconstruction in a violent backlash that restored white supremacy in the south
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
abolished slavery
What is the 13th amendment
The period of time following the Civil War in which the nation needed to be rebuilt physically, socially and legally.
What is Reconstruction?
a system where a landowner would share a piece of land to farm with a freed slave. This slave would receive a small portion of the crops. Usually led to a cycle of debt and poverty.
What is Share Cropping
took over as president after President Lincoln was assassinated, got impeached by radical republicans
Who is Andrew Johnson
helped freed slaves with healthcare, education, location services, etc.
What is Freedman's Bureau
laws created by south to limit freed slaves rights (before reconstruction ended)
After President Lincoln was assassinated, the man took over as President.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
What is one reason some Northerners eventually tired of Reconstruction?
Taxes, depression, corruption
Who is Ulysses S Grant
stronger restrictions on how south can rejoin union
What is Radical Reconstruction
limited African American rights after reconstruction ended, government ignored these laws for awhile
Jim Crow Laws
political ldeal between both political parties in 1877
What was the Compromise of 1877
Which amendment did many people claim Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws
14th Amendment (equal protection under the law)
first african american senator
This man wanted a lenient and quick way to reunite the union and felt that losing the war was punishment enough for the South
Who is Abraham Lincoln
Which amendment gave equal protection under the law?
What is the 14th Amendment
Name 3 components of the Compromise of 1877
Military Removed from the South
Self-government returned to Southern States
Federal Aid to the South
Name 3 ways the South tried to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote
What are literacy tests, poll taxes and the grandfather clause
Name the four presidents who served during the time period of Reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes
Name the two derisive names Southerners gave to people helping with Reconstruction, both Southerners and Northerners who traveled South. Specify which one applies to which.
Scalawags and carpetbaggers
Name the 3 Reconstruction Amendments and what each did.
13th-abolished slavery
14th-granted birthright citizenship and equal protection under the law
15th-gave African American males the right to vote
Reconstruction lasted for a 12 year time period. What were the years?
What was the Amnesty Act?