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People Amendments Reconstruction Republicans or Democrats Misc. 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Vocab
President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing slaves.
Who is Abe Lincoln?
President that held a lenient stance towards the South, he enjoyed vetoing Congressional legislation.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Former Union General who became one of the weakest Presidents in US History.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Pennsylvania Representative who led the Radical Republicans.
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
Republican that became President by agreeing to withdraw federal troops from the South in 1877.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
Freedom of Speech, Press, Assembly, Religion, and the Right to Petition.
What is the 1 st Amendment?
Guarantees citizenship and equal protection under the law for African Americans.
What is the 14 th Amendment?
Ended Slavery.
What is the 13 th Amendment?
Gave African Americans the right to vote.
What is the 15 th Amendment?
Outlawed the Poll Tax.
What is the 16 th Amendment?
The right to vote
What is suffrage?
To grant pardon and forgiveness to a large group of people.
What is amnesty?
To charge a public official with crimes
What is impeach?
Taking money illegally for political reasons
What is graft?
Presidential veto by not signing a bill and letting a Congressional session expire
What is a pocket veto?
Former slaves that were in need of assistance following the Civil War
Who were freedmen?
Rallying cry of freedmen, desiring land and a fair start after years of slavery
What was “40 acres and a mule”?
Organization that was set-up to aid former slaves after the Civil War
What was the Freedman’s Bureau?
Derogatory name given to Northerners that came to the South in search of economic opportunity, public office, or ensuring equality
Who were carpetbaggers?
Derogatory name given to Southerners that supported the cause of Reconstruction
Who are scalawags?
Thaddeus Stevens
What is Republican?
Members of the Ku Klux Klan.
What are Democrats?
Party that wanted to limit the rights of African Americans and drive those blasted carpetbaggers out of the South.
Who are Democrats?
Party that wanted to control the South after the Civil War by ensuring equality for African Americans.
Who were the Republicans?
John McCain and Sarah Palin.
Who are Republicans?
Divided the South into 5 districts that were controlled by U.S. troops
What is the Military Reconstruction Act?
Deal struck behind closed doors that gave Hayes the Presidency and withdrew U.S. troops from the South.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Congressional law that Johnson violated by firing Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton?
What was the Tenure of Office Act?
Laws passed by Southern state legislatures that severely limited the rights of African Americans.
What were the Black Codes?
The “new slavery” that emerged after Reconstruction, in which A.A. farmers had to pay rent to Southern whites by ceding a large portion of their harvest.
What is sharecropping?
Make your wager
Economic crisis that President Grant did nothing to solve, leaving Americans frustrated with Republican rule.
What was the Panic of 1873?