Political
An act aimed at providing aid and protection to displaced Southerners and newly freed African Americans following the Civil War
Freedmen’s Bureau
Who was the President who got assassinated during the Reconstruction Era
President Abraham Lincoln
What are the three amendments made during the Reconstruction Era?
13th, 14th, 15th
What were Southerners who sided with African Americans called?
Scalawag
What was the event that officially ended the Reconstruction Era?
Compromise of 1877
What was the 10% plan?
10% of voters are required to pledge loyalty to the U.S.
Who was the President after the death of Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
Which amendment granted full citizenship to all people born in the U.S?
14th Amendment
Former slaves working on plantations after Reconstruction is called?
Sharecropping
What is the Compromise of 1877?
agreement between the North and the Southern Democrats that accepted Rutherford B. Hayes presidential victory and promised to respect the civil and political rights of African Americans
What bill was drafted by Radical Republicans in 1864 that requires for 50% of voters to take an oath of allegiance
The Wade Davis Bill
Who was the 18th President of the U.S. who also helped with the Union victory during the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
Northerners who moved to the South to make money and get better opportunities
Carpetbaggers
What Era occurred after the Reconstruction Era was over?
Jim Crow Era
This event marked the official end of the Reconstruction Era.
Compromise of 1877
Group of members of Congress who aimed at punishing the South for the rights of Black Americans
Radical Republicans
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
15th Amendment
What laws were passed by Southerners and violated the civil rights of African Americans
What was the Jim Crow Era
Segregation of races, made by Southerners who take control
These acts prohibited groups from joining together or going in disguise to violate citizens' constitutional rights, specifically targeting the Ku Klux Klan.
Enforcement Acts
Hiram Revels
What year was the 13th Amendment ratified?
December 6, 1865
What was the name of the group of white supremacists who terrorized the properties of African Americans?
Ku Klux Klan
What date did the Reconstruction Era end?
March, 1877