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This Amendment gave suffrage to all no matter race or background. Answer

15th

This amendment gave equal rights and protection under the law. Answer

14th

This amendment made slavery illegal in the United States Answer

13th

These were used to circumvent the 15th Amendment which allowed freed slaves to vote Answer

Black Codes

This method of farming was used to keep African Americans bound to the land, even when the 13th amendment freed them Answer

Sharecropping

Under this plan, the terms for rejoining the union would be more difficult. Answer

Congressional Reconstruction

This group of congressmen believed the government needed to take a greater role in Reconstruction. Answer

Radical Republicans

This agency was created after the Civil War to provide aid and legal help to freed slaves. Answer

Freedmen’s Bureau

Wanted to offer southerners amnesty (an official pardon) for supporting the Confederacy. To receive amnesty, southerners had to take an oath of loyalty to the U.S. and accept a ban on slavery. Answer

Lincoln’s Plan

Once 10% of voters in each state made these pledges, the state would be readmitted to the U.S. This became known as his Answer

Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan

When charges of wrongdoing against a public official are filed When charges of wrongdoing against a public official are filed. (High crimes and misdemeanors) Answer

Impeachment

Forced separation of races in public places is Answer

Segregation

A way for landowners to keep labor costs low after the end of slavery. Answer

Sharecropping

A northerner who came to the South during reconstruction to take advantage of the destroyed economy and infrastructure. Answer

Carpetbagger

US Supreme Court case affirming the practice of Separate but Equal. The Daily Double! US Supreme Court case affirming the practice of Separate but Equal. Answer

Plessy v Fergusson

President who was assassinated at the beginning of Reconstruction Answer

Abraham Lincoln

After Lincoln’s assassination, he became the president. Answer

Andrew Johnson

A former Union General, he was elected President in 1868 Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

In a secret deal, he agreed to remove troops from the south and end Reconstruction if he was declared President. Answer

Rutherford B. Hayes

This Constitution was created at the convention held after Democrats regained control of the Texas Legislature after Reconstruction Answer

Constitution of 1876

Group started to terrorize free blacks in the South in 1866, founded by Nathan Bedford Forrest, a secret society. Answer

Ku Klux Klan

Southern states created a series of laws to segregate public space Answer

Jim Crow Laws

the process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states without slavery following the Civil War. Answer

Reconstruction

This was the year Reconstruction ended Answer

1877

He appointed a governor for every state established a system for setting up new state governments in the south. He appointed a governor for every state Voters elected new state officials and representatives to U.S. congress in each state Each new state government was required to declare that secession was illegal Each southern state had to refuse to pay Confederate debts Answer

Johnson’s Plan