This person was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theater on April 15th, 1865.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
These laws limited the rights of African Americans and became known as a second form of slavery
What is the Black Codes
100
This group of people were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation
Who are slaves
100
This plan was drafted up by Abraham Lincoln without Congress's approval and required a 10% voter oath in order to rejoin the Union
What is the 10% Plan
100
This group of people consisted of mostly white Northerners, planters, businessmen, and professionals who looked to the South as a new frontier of opportunity instead of the West.
Who were the Carpetbaggers
200
This person was the Vice President for Abraham Lincoln and took office after the assassination, he was eventually impeached by Congress.
Who is Andrew Johnson
200
The Amendment to the Constitution that abolished Slavery
What is the Thirteenth Amendment
200
This group was established to help aid former slaves and was the first support group of its time
What is the Freedmen's Bureau
200
This plan was forced into action after Lincoln's and Congress's bill failed to pass. It ended up bringing White plantation owners back into power in the South rendering Reconstruction a failure in the eyes of many
What is President Johnson's Plan (10%+)
200
Name 2 of the 3 major cash crops grown in the South that forced the South to import most of their food
What is Cotton, Tobacco, and/or Sugar Cane
300
Known for his corruption and numerous scandals, this person was unpopular during his first term, but managed to still win a second term.
Who is U.S. Grant
300
This Amendment to the Constitution gave all male citizens the right to vote regardless of race
What is the 15th Amendment
300
This group of people consisted of Southern whites who wanted to restore control over African Americans through terror and violence
Who are the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
300
This plan required a 50% voter "iron-clad" oath and tried to oppose Lincoln's plan. Lincoln would let this bill die in a pocket veto
What is the Wade-Davis Bill
300
This group of people consisted of poor yeoman farmers who did not own land and needed support from the Republican party in order to get the help they needed
Who were Scalawags
400
This Congressman from Pennsylvania was considered the leader of the Radical Republicans
Who is Thaddeus Stevens
400
This Amendment to the Constitution gave former slaves U.S. citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment
400
This group of people were contracted to work for landowners for a portion of the crop. They were charged for housing and food which would end up being more expensive than what they earned
Who are sharecroppers
400
To bypass President Andrew Johnson and his Reconstruction plan, Congress passed this Act which outlawed the black codes
What is the Civil Rights Act
400
After being destroyed during the war, this city was rebuilt in hopes that it would become the center of the South's industry, economy, and transportation.
What is Atlanta
500
This Congressman from Massachusetts came up with the "State Suicide" Theory by saying that the Southern States had committed political suicide by succeeding from the Union
Who is Charles Sumner
500
This Act stated that the President could not remove any officials without the Senate's consent if the position originally required Senate approval. This ultimately was the Act that helped to impeach Andrew Johnson
What is the Tenure of Office Act
500
This group of people did not trust or agree with President Andrew Johnson and wanted him out of office.
Who are the Republicans
500
This plan offered a pardon to all but the highest ranking military and civilian Confederate officers and anyone who had killed African American war prisoners
What is Lincoln's 10% Plan
500
This man from Mississippi became the first African American elected to the senate following the 1870 elections in which blacks could participate in