Presidents
This man was a member of the Radical Republicans and strongly believed in equality for all Freemen. He also fought for voting rights for former slaves and Helped create the Freedmen's Bureau. However, he struggled to smile in photos..
Who is Thaddeus Stevens
These are laws passed in Southern states that restricted travel and other activities of freed slaves
What are Black Codes
The action of setting someone or something apart (especially based on race)
What is segregation
A former Slave who believed equality could be achieved through vocational (job) education. Accepted social segregation.
What is Booker T. Washington
A former Confederate General who urged Southerners to reconcile with the North and end the war and reunite. He then left the political eye and become the President of Washington College.
Who is Robert E. Lee
Passed as way to fight against the Black Codes. It granted citizenship and equal rights to all people born in the United States (except Native Americans). Native Americans weren’t granted citizenship until 1924.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
Named after a White caricature of Blacks. Southern Democrat governments enforced segregation and discrimination such as poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses and the concept of “separate but equal”
What are Jim Crow Laws
The election that resulted in a "compromise" wherein the Republican lead government and President said that they would allow the South to largely be left alone from Northern control.
The election of 1876
This president was one vote away from being impeached because did not agree with his plan for reconstruction. His primary opposition came from the Racial Republicans
Who is Andrew Johnson
This man was a former slave who become a very big public advocate for voting rights for former slaves and the promotion of human rights for freedom for all. He was one of the earliest and most respected African Americans political figures during the early stages of what would become the civil rights movement
Who is Frederick Douglass
Granted citizenship to all people born in the United States AND guarantees equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment
A title given by Southerners for Northerners who went to the South immediately following the Civil War.
What are carpetbaggers
People left out of the 15th Amendment
Who are Women
This man assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. He was a southerner and a confederate supporter
Who is John Wilkes Booth
This promised that all male citizens have the right to vote regardless of race, even if they used to be slaves (did NOT give the right to vote to women).
What is the 15th Amendment
A federal agency that helped African Americans in the South during Reconstruction
What is the Freedman’s Bureau
This group supported white supremacy. A arose because of an increase in African American rights
What is the Ku Klux Klan
This was a challenge of the Jim Crow Laws, in that the plaintiff said his 14th Amendment rights were being violated. The Supreme Court Ruling of this brought about legalized segregation in "separate but Equal"
What is Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Freedom from slavery
What is Emancipation
Born after the Civil War, was college educated and believed in the full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans immediately.
Who was W.E.B DuBois