Reconstruction Era Figures

Flashcards based on Reconstruction Era figures.

Horace Greeley

Newspaper editor who ran for president in 1872 against Ulysses S. Grant; supported Reconstruction but later favored reconciliation.

Hiram Revels

First African American to serve in the U.S. Senate (1870), representing Mississippi during Reconstruction.

Ulysses S. Grant

Union general and U.S. President (1869–1877); supported civil rights for African Americans and cracked down on the KKK.

William T. Sherman

Union general whose "March to the Sea" devastated the South; promised "40 acres and a mule" to freedmen.

Abraham Lincoln

16th President; initiated Reconstruction with the 10% Plan, favoring a lenient approach to reunify the nation.

Andrew Johnson

Lincoln's VP and successor; opposed Radical Republicans, vetoed civil rights bills, and was impeached (but not removed).

Thaddeus Stevens

Radical Republican leader in the House; pushed for full rights and land redistribution to freedmen.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Became president through the Compromise of 1877, which ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South.

Samuel J. Tilden

Democratic candidate in 1876; won the popular vote but lost the presidency in the contested election resolved by the Compromise of 1877.

Edwin Stanton

Secretary of War under Lincoln and Johnson; his firing led to Johnson’s impeachment.