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15th Amendment

The legislation that allowed all men of all races to cast their political vote.

Congressional Plan

Punishing the South for its role in the Civil War and protecting the rights of newly freed black Americans.

Johnson Plan

Required the southern states to repeal their secession ordinance and abolish slavery.

Congressional

Prioritized the protecting the rights of the newly freed slaves.

2 goals of the Freemen's Bureau were?

Provide educational opportunities as well as food and housing for newly freed former slaves.

Battle of Chickamauga

The largest Civil War battle in the state of Georgia.

Lincoln Plan

Other than high ranking officers and political leaders, Confederate supporters, slave traders, and plantation owners were all granted pardons.

Two goals of the Ku Klux Klan were?

Helping Democrats control Southern politics and maintaining pre-Civil War social and racial statuses.

Lincoln and Johnson Plans

Prioritized the quick reunification of the Union.

What was the main objective of the Ku Klux Klan?

To deny black Americans their social and political rights.

Tenant Farmers

Usually owned some tools and supplies as well as rented land from landowners.

13th Amendment

Abolishing slavery and making it illegal in the United States.

Sherman's March to the Sea

Georgia's railroads, mills, cotton gins, and warehouses were destroyed.

Freedmen's Bureau

Aided poor southerners and newly freed black slaves

Sharecropppers

Provided labor only to work crops on someone else's land without any say so in the type of crops.

The Freedmen's Bureau

Helped newly freed slaves adjust to their newfound freedoms