Reconstruction Assessment (Modified)
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The period following the Civil War when the United States implemented policies to rebuild the South.
A federal agency established to help formerly enslaved people in their transition to freedom.
Group of Congressmen that wanted a harsher Reconstruction plan than Johnson and Lincoln. Wanted to punish the South.
A Democrat who became President after Lincoln’s assassination. He oversaw the early Reconstruction era and faced significant opposition from Congress, leading to his impeachment.
Laws passed in Southern states to restrict the rights of African Americans. Codes meant to keep African Americans in a condition similar to slavery.
An amendment saying African Americans are now citizens.
An amendment that banned states from denying African Americans the right to vote.
Act passed by congressional Republicans that divided the South into military districts governed by Union generals.
The process of trying to remove a government official. Leads to a trial and potential removal from office. Johnson was impeached but not removed.
Former Union general during the Civil War. Won 1868 election and became president after Johnson.
A term for Northern whites who moved to the South after the Civil War for political and economic opportunities.
A term to describe Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party.
The first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate, representing Mississippi.
The first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving South Carolina.
The belief that white people are superior to those of all other racial backgrounds like African Americans. Many Southerners feel this way.
A group formed in the South that aimed at maintaining white supremacy through violence and intimidation of African Americans and Republicans.
Laws to stop violence in the South that was targeting African Americans and Republicans. It had 3 parts.
An agreement that resolved the disputed 1876 presidential election. Hayes became president and Union soldiers were removed from the South. This ended Reconstruction.
An agricultural system in which landowners allowed African Americans to farm the land. African Americans would pay a piece of their crops as rent for the land.
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Essentially replaced Black Codes.