People
Andrew Johnson was the ____ President?
17th
In what year was the Freedmen's Bureau passed?
1865
What is the 15th Amendment?
All male citizens are granted the right to vote regardless of their ethnicity or prior slave status.
What two Presidents came up with their own Reconstruction Plans
Lincoln & Johnson
True or False: Lincolns plans for Reconstruction were lenient.
True
Rutherford B Hayes was the ___ President?
19th
What years did Rutherford B Hayes serve?
1877-1881
What is the 14th Amendment?
This amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States.
Under Lincoln as long as ____ % of Southerners in a state took an oath of loyalty they could re-enter into the US.
10%
Grant helped to secure more rights for African & ___________ Americans.
Native
Who were the 1865 KKK?
Consisted of former Confederate soldiers and their goal was to stop reconstruction and place Blacks under White control.
1865
Define: Impeachment
To charge with a crime or misconduct.
Who wanted to deny Confederates the opportunity of obtaining power?
Radical Republicans
Define: Tenure of Office Act
This law prohibited presidents from firing government workers without the Senate's approval.
What years (Terms) did Ulysses S Grant serve?
8 Years (2 Terms) Elected in 1868 & 1872
The US Reconstruction Era covered what years?
1865-1877
Define: Black Codes
Laws that severely limited the rights of African Americans or laws that were intended to keep African Americans in a condition similar to slavery.
Offered a presidential pardon to Confederate officials.
Andrew Johnson
Give two examples of what the Freedmen's Bureau did for African Americans.
Contracts for freedmen working on plantations.
Education for African Americans.
Built new hospitals/ schools for freedmen.
Who were the Radical Republicans?
Republicans in Congress who disagreed with Lincoln's plans.
The first KKK group was established in _______ and was stopped in _______?
1865 & 1871
Define: The US Reconstruction Era (Exactly how Mrs. Luna gave you the definition).
The US Reconstruction Era: The period (1865-1877) that followed the American Civil War and its effort to reintegrate the Southern (Confederate) States back into the Union and extend equality to African Americans.
What are all three Radical Republican Reconstruction plans?
Prevent confederate leaders from obtaining power..
Believed that if 50% of voters took the oath, then they could rejoin the Union.
Wanted African Americans to achieve political equality.
The Reconstruction Act of 1867, divided the South in _____ military districts.
Five