Reconstruction Recap

5. After Congress took over Reconstruction, they sent the ___ into the southern states to enforce Reconstruction rules.
7. Lincoln expected ___ percent of the population in each state to take an oath of loyalty.
8. This was an organization that would provide assistance to Southerners that was created by Congress but not signed into law by the President.
12. This amendment gave US citizenship to African Americans.
13. A presidential power to block a bill from becoming a law.
14. violating the Tenure of Office Act.

1. The rebuilding and readmittance of the Southern states into the US again after the Civil War.
2. President Johnson was eventually ___ by Congress
3. ___ Republicans in Congress were unhappy with the Reconstruction plans that had been created by the President's because they were too lenient.
4. This President had a very lenient plan for Reconstruction until his assassination.
6. These were laws southern states created to take rights away from newly freed blacks.
7. This amendment abolished slavery.
9. The right to vote.
10. Last name of the man who became President after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
11. To forgive