Chapter 16 Review

Name the federal agency which was set up in 1865 to help both whites and African Americans in the South. Freedman’s Bureau

An insulting nickname for a northerner who went South after the Civil War was? Carpetbagger

A law set forward by a government authority is called what? An ordinance

President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War was called what? Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

After congress passes a US Constitutional Amendment, in order for it to become part of the Constitution state legislatures must do what? Ratify (agree to) the amendment

Which Constitutional Amendment officially outlaws Slavery in the US? Thirteenth Amendment

Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War that limited the freedom of formerly enslaved people were known as what? The Black Codes

Giving a pardon to those who have broken the law or who supported the South in the Civil War is known as what? Amnesty

Which Constitutional Amendment defined US citizenship in a way that included African Americans? Fourteen Amendment

The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War is called what? Reconstruction

In February of 1868, Congress charged President Andrew Johnson with wrongdoing and officially took what action? Impeachment

The secret society which arose during reconstruction which used intimidation to return political power to white men were known as what? Ku Klux Klan

President Andrew Johnson supported Lincoln’s plan for Reconstructed but added what? Required the states to pass the Thirteenth Amendment

Changes in bills or laws are called what? amendments

Which Constitutional Amendment declared that the right to vote cannot be denied because of race, color or previous condition of servitude? Fifteenth Amendment

In 1870, North Carolina Governor WW Holden enforced Martial Law because Two republican leaders had been killed by the Ku Klux Klan

During Reconstruction, many NC citizens felt that “home rule” had been restored in NC when who was elected governor? Zebulon B Vance

In 1868, the new North Carolina Constitution guaranteed what kind of voting rights? Universal Manhood Suffrage

When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, who assumed the president? Andrew Johnson

What Civil War general was elected president in 1868? Ulysses S Grant

Holding a political view that calls for extreme change is known as what? radical

Who was the provisional governor chosen by president Johnson during Reconstruction? WW Holden

The law that gave Americans the right to sue anyone trying to restrict their constitutional rights was known as what? Civil Rights Act of 1871

What Civil War general was elected president in 1868? Ulysses S Grant

When the Congress took over the reconstruction process, what organization was created? Committee on Reconstruction

Southerners who served the new government during Reconstruction were called what by loyal Southerners? Scalawag

Which president finally removed the army from the South in 1877? Rutherford B Hayes

An incident in which Colonel George W Kirk and his army of followers imprisoned men suspected to be members of the Ku Klux Klan was known as what? Kirk-Holden War