Black Codes
The name of the terrorist organization conceived during the Reconstruction Era in the South.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment
The first person to have ever successfully assassinated a sitting U.S. President.
John Wilkes Booth
1st U.S. President in American history to have ever been impeached.
Andrew Johnson
The name of the Reconstruction Plan designed to show no mercy to the South and provide the freedmen with voting rights.
Congressional Plan
The nickname given the Black Codes in the South named after the infamous minstrel show character.
Jim Crow Laws
Constitutional Amendment that prevented the restriction of voting rights based on race, ethnicity, or previous condition of servitude.
15th Amendment
The location of Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
Ford's Theatre
President of the United states during the Reconstruction Era who also was a Union General during the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
The name of the Reconstruction Plan designed to show mercy toward the South and wait to provide the freedmen with voting rights.
Presidential Plan
The most common profession among Black occupants of Southern states during the Reconstruction Era that turned out to be another form of oppression.
Sharecropping
Constitutional amendment that re-defined citizenship in the United States.
14th Amendment
The location where Abraham Lincoln's assassin was eventually found and killed.
Abandoned Farmhouse or Port Royal, Virginia
President of the United States at the end of Reconstruction.
Rutherford B. Hayes
The name of members of congress during the Reconstruction Era that wished to provide voting rights toward the freedmen.
Radical Republicans
The name of the exam thrust upon the freedmen that attempted to vote in the South during the Reconstruction Era. It was designed to be very difficult to pass.
Literacy Test
The law passed by congress that led to the first U.S. Presidential impeachment in American history.
Tenure of Office Act
The name of the person who tried to intervene and capture the assassin after Abraham Lincoln was shot.
Henry Rathbone
Northerners who moved South during the Reconstruction Era.
Carpetbaggers
The name of the scandal that tarnished the reputation of Ulysses S. Grant.
Whiskey Ring Scandal
The name of the additional charge levied on the freedmen who attempted to vote during the Reconstruction Era. It was designed to be very difficult to afford.
Poll Tax
Congressional Bill proposed by congress to handle the Southern states during the Reconstruction Era.
Wade-Davis Bill
The remark that Abraham Lincoln's assassin yelled out before escaping.
"Sic Semper Tyrannous"
Southerners that supported the federal government during the Reconstruction Era.
Scalawags
The name of the government agency that established educational opportunities and re-connected families during the Reconstruction Era.
Freedmen's Bureau