Important People
The Vice President who took office after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
Who is Andrew Johnson?
The rules discriminating against African Americans right after the Civil War, though they never expressly stated they were against African Americans.
What are Jim Crow Laws or Black Codes?
This group of people was created by bitter Southern soldiers to torment African Americans after the war. They still exist, though their ideas are unpopular and they only have about 30 active groups across the United States most of which are extremely small.
What is the Ku Klux Klan or the KKK?
The radical republican leader in the senate.
Who is Charles Sumner
This change to the constitution abolished slavery.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
This political group fought hard for African American rights and were considered extreme even by some in their own party.
Who were Radical Republicans?
The radical republican leader who served in the House of Representatives
Who is Thaddeus Stephens?
This change to the Constitution gave African Americans suffrage
This political party fought against the African Americans and wanted nothing to do with them especially after the war.
Who were Southern Democrats?
Founder of the Ku Klux Klan
Who is Nathan Bedford Forest?
This change to the Constitution gave African Americans their rights as citizens of the United States.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
Who was President Abraham Lincoln?
The Secretary of War whose termination of office led to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Who is Edwin Stanton?
This bill, vetoed by Lincoln, tried to punish the South soon after the Civil War.
What is the Wade-Davis Bill?
The first president African Americans could vote for. As he was a Republican he was an obvious choice to the newly freed blacks.
Ulysses S. Grant