Reconstruction Acts
Reconstruction Plans
Vocab
Active Reading Strategies
Radical Republicans
100
These were state laws passed to limit the rights of African Americans.
What are the black codes?
100
Lincoln's reconstruction plan was known as this.
What is the 10% plan?
100
This was a group of white men who used intimidation, threats, and violence to terrorize African Americans.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
100
"Why do earthquakes form?" is an example of this active reading strategy.
What is asking questions?
100
Radical Republicans wanted to _______ the South after the Civil War.
What is punish?
200
This Amendment made slavery illegal in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
Lincoln's plan for reconstruction would allow Freedmen to vote if they were a part of the Union army, they owned property, or they could do this.
What is read?
200
This was a group who were working towards helping out freed slaves. They helped with finding places to live, education, health care, etc.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
200
Looking at the title, any bold, underlined, or italicized words in a paragraph before reading is this active reading strategy.
What is using text features and visual cues?
200
This was the man who became president after Andrew Johnson, he supported the Radical Republicans.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
300
This Amendment overruled the Dred Scott decision and ensured that African Americans had equal rights.
What is the 14th Amendment?
300
This president's plan pardoned the Confederates, gave land back to previous owners, and did not allow Freedmen to vote.
Who is Andew Johnson?
300
These were Northerners who moved South after the Civil War in order to make money, help rebuild, or help Freedmen.
Who are carpetbaggers?
300
When reading about volcanoes, you picture a large mountain with lava flowing from the top of it in your head. This is an example of this active reading strategy
What is making mental images?
300
This was one of the black codes which required people to take this kind of test in order to vote.
What is a literacy test?
400
This Amendment ensured that all men had the right to vote regardless of race or color.
What is the 15th Amendment?
400
This bill was not signed into law by Lincoln because he felt it was too harsh on the South.
What is the Wade-Davis Bill?
400
This is when charges are made against the president, and a trial to remove them from office ensues.
What is impeachment?
400
When reading about rivers, you think to yourself that you know that Pittsburgh has 3 rivers that run through the city. This is an example of this active reading strategy
What is activating prior knowledge?
400
He was a Congressman who was attacked in Congress before the Civil War, then became a Radical Republican after the Civil War.
Who is Charles Sumner?
500
This Act allowed the president to remove a Cabinet official if Congress was out of session.
What is Office of Tenure Act?
500
This political group opposed the efforts Andrew Johnson and wanted to punish the South. Thaddeus Stevens was one of them.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
500
This was a branch of the Demoncratic Party that wanted to take power away from freed slaves, carpetbaggers, and others who supported Reconstruction.
Who are the Redeemers?
500
When a person makes a conclusion based on what you read and what you already know this person is using this active reading strategy.
What is making inferences?
500
He was the leader of the Radical Republicans.
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?