Amendment
Which amendment banned slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment
Who became president after Lincoln’s assassination?
Andrew Johnson
What percentage of voters had to swear loyalty under Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan?
10%
Which law granted citizenship to African Americans in 1866?
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
Who became president after the disputed election of 1876?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Which amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.?
14th Amendment
Who was the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate?
Whose Reconstruction plan was harsher on the South: Lincoln’s or Congress’s?
Congress
What were the laws called that restricted the rights of freedmen in the South?
Black Codes
Which group gained political power by being elected to office during Reconstruction?
Republicans
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
15th amendment
Which abolitionist wrote and spoke against slavery and supported the 15th Amendment?
Fredrick Douglas
What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
to provide assistance with food, clothes, job training, shelter, and education to newly freed slaves.
What replaced Black Codes and segregated schools, restaurants, and transportation?
Jim Crow Laws
Name all three Reconstruction Amendments.
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment
Which Union general later became president during Reconstruction?
Ulysses S. Grant
How did Lincoln’s assassination change Reconstruction?
It became longer and more difficult
What law or agreement ended Reconstruction after the 1876 election?
Compromise of 1877
What happened to Reconstruction policies after 1877?
The policies ended
Explain how the 14th and 15th Amendments changed the meaning of citizenship.
The 14th and 15th amendments give everyone the right to citizenship and to vote regardless of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude.
Which Confederate general urged Southerners to reconcile after the war?
Robert E. Lee
How did the Compromise of 1877 affect the South?
Democrats took over the south and blacks lost rights
Explain how Jim Crow laws reversed some of the progress of Reconstruction.
They segregated the whites and blacks