Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while he was attending a play at Ford's Theater.
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Define Reconstruction?
Time period after the civil war (1865-1877), when the United States attempted to rebuild the South and rejoin the two separate countries.
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Name 3 issues the Union faces during Reconstruction?
1.)What to do with free slaves?
2.)How to rebuild the South?
3.)How to re-admit the Southern states into the Union?
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What is impeachment?
The bringing of formal charges against an elected official in hopes of getting them removed from office.
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What was Lynching?
A public murder, usually hanging, as a way to prevent the former slaves from using their suffrage rights.
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What did John Wilkes Booth do?
John assassinated Lincoln, while he was attending a play at Ford's Theater.
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Who was a Radical Republican?
A Congressmen who believed in:
(1)Helping free slaves
(2)Punishing the former Confederates
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What was the 10% plan?
Lincoln's idea to bring the South back into the Union easily. It said that states had to end slavery and have 10% of voters swear in oath to the Union.
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What was Sharecropping?
A way for the former Confederates to circumvent the 13th Amendment.
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What was a Literacy Test?
An impossible test designed to prevent the former slaves from voting.
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Who is Andrew Johnson?
Lincoln's vice president who became president after Lincoln was assassinated.
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What is the 13th Amendment?
Abolished Slavery.
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What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
A federal agency, created by the Radical Republicans to help the former slaves receive their basic needs (Food, Shelter, Clothing, Education, and Job Skills.)
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What were Black codes?
Laws that only applied to the former slaves and restricted their basic rights.
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What was poll tax?
A fee the former slaves had to pay to vote.
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Who is Hayes?
Hayes was a candidate of the Election of 1876.
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What was the 14th Amendment?
Granted Citizenship to the former slaves and equal protection of thew law.
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Who was a Scalawag?
White Southerner's that supported the Reconstruction governments in the South.
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What are the Jim Crow Laws?
Legal segregation of the races in public facilities.
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What was he grandfather clause?
If your grandfather was eligible to vote before 1860 , you could vote without having to pass the literacy test or pay the poll tax. It was a way to ensure that the white people could vote.
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Who is Tilden?
Tilden is a candidate of the Election of 1876.
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What was the 15th Amendment?
Black male suffrage.
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Who was a Carpetbagger?
A Northerner that moved to the South during Reconstruction.
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What was the KKK?
An organization created to end Radical Reconstruction and return the South to the way it was before the Civil War.
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What was the Election of 1876?
In the "deal" Hayes became president in exchange for the promising to end Reconstruction. The three southern states that had disputed votes all went to support Hayes.