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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
1st Amendment?
Guarantees citizenship and equal protection
under the law for African Americans.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Ended Slavery.
What is the
13th Amendment?
Gave African Americans the right
to vote.
What is the
15th Amendment?
Outlawed the Poll Tax.
What is the
24th 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?