Chapter 22 Matching

exodusters

blacks who left the south for kansas and elsewhere during reconstruction

oliver o. howard

pro-black general who led an agency that tried to assist the freedmen

andrew johnson

born a poor white southerner, he became the white south's champion against radical reconstruction

abraham lincoln

author of the moderate 10 percent reconstruction plan that ran into congressional opposition

andrew stephens

former confederate vice president whose election to congress in 1865 infuriated northerners

charles sumner

beaten in the senate chamber before the civil war, he became the leader of senate republican radicals during reconstruction

thaddeus stevens

A radical Republican who believed in harsh punishments for the South. Leader of the radical Republicans in Congress.

military reconstruction act of 1867

congressional law that imposed military rule on the south and demanded harsh conditions for readmission of the seceded states

hiram revels

black republican senator from mississippi during reconstruction

ku klux klan

secret organization that intimidated blacks and worked to restore white supremacy

force acts of 1870 and 1871

laws designed to stamp out ku klux klan terrorism in the south

"swing around the circle"

president johnson's angry, disastrous political trip attacking congress in the campaign of 1866

union league

leading black political organization during reconstruction

benjamin wade

the president pro tempore of the senate who hoped to become president

william seward

secretary of state who arranged an initially unpopular but valuable land deal in 1867