What is to provide emergency relief to people displaced by war?
100
He became President after Lincoln was assassinated.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
200
The bringing of formal charges against a public official.
What is impeachment?
200
The development of this group and many others like it, came about because some whites were angry about losing power.
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
200
President Johnson vetoed this bill but Congress overturned it and it became a law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
200
At the start of Reconstruction, this was the main goal of Lincoln.
What is to quickly restore the Union?
200
The date of the assassination of Lincoln.
What is April 14, 1865?
300
A laborer who works the land for the person who owns it in exchange for a share of the value of the crop.
What is a sharecropper?
300
This quote played a major role in denying African Americans their full civil rights, not only during Reconstruction, but well into the 1960's.
What is "separate but equal"?
300
The amendment states that all people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens. It says that states may not pass laws that take away a citizen's rights.
What is the 14th Amendment?
300
Lincoln's original plan for Reconstruction was called this.
What is the Ten Percent Plan?
300
He became President in 1868.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
400
The name given to southern whites who had opposed secession.
What is scalawags?
400
New laws used by southern states to control African Americans.
What are black codes?
400
This amendment outlaws slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
400
Congress had a strict plan for Reconstruction. Under this bill 50% of voters had to take the loyalty oath. What was it called?
What is the Wade-Davis Bill?
400
This President was in charge of removing federal troops from the after he was elected in 1876.
Who was Rutherford Hayes?
500
The name given to northern whites who went south during Reconstruction to start businesses or to pursue political careers.
What is a carpetbagger?
500
The names of first two African Americans to serve in the Senate.
What are Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce?
500
The amendment barred all states from denying African American males the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
What is the 15th Amendment?
500
People in Congress who pushed a stricter plan for Reconstruction.
What are Radical Republicans?
500
Famous U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld segregation laws. It made famous the quote "Separate but Equal".