Unit 4.2: The Reconstruction Era

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  1. 6. After the Civil War ended, former Confederate states had to be readmitted to the Union and were placed under _______ control for several years.
  2. 8. ______ ______ were a political group who opposed Lincoln's 10% Plan and created a series of Acts.
  3. 11. The US Military remained in this Southern state until 1877.
  4. 12. The Fifteenth ______ was signed into law to protect the right to vote for all citizens.
  5. 15. Radical Republicans created these to re-admit the South back into the Union.
  6. 18. The vocabulary word that means taking away someone's right to vote.
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  1. 1. With this enacted, taxes and tests did not apply to any man whose father or grandfather could vote on January 1, 1866.
  2. 2. The 14th Amendment was signed into law to protect the earlier legislation of the ______ ______ Act of 1866.
  3. 3. One of the ways former Confederate states prevented African American men from voting was to introduce a ______ ______ and charge citizens a fee to vote.
  4. 4. What did Southerners call Northerners who came South to build their wealth?
  5. 5. In his 2nd Inaugural Address, President Lincoln said the former Confederate states should be treated with ______ and justice.
  6. 7. Radical Republicans ______ Andrew Johnson to prevent him from interfering with reconstruction plans.
  7. 9. Congress created this bureau to provide and protect rights and services intended for formerly enslaved African Americans.
  8. 10. This law banned the President from removing officials without Senate approval.
  9. 13. The Supreme Court ruled in _____ v. United States that the "Grandfather Clause" used to suppress African-American voters was unconstitutional.
  10. 14. One of the biggest impacts of Reconstruction was that African-Americans were now able to ______ and take part in the political process.
  11. 16. The 13th Amendment abolished all forms of ______ in the United States, except as a punishment for a crime.
  12. 17. In the Election of 1868, former Union general Ulysses ______ ran as a Republican who supported Reconstruction and extending rights to former slaves.
  13. 19. Southern Democrats called White Southerners who voted Republican this word- which meant traitor.