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- 3. The first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress.
- 4. amendment that freed all slaves, abolished slavery in US
- 6. amendment that granted full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, except for American Indians.
- 9. Lincoln's VP who became POTUS #17 after Lincoln was assassinated; clashed with Radical Republicans over Reconstruction; was impeached by the House of Representatives for violating the Tenure in Office Act but survived Senate removal by only one vote
- 11. The period after the Civil War (1865-1877) in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; included extending civil rights to African Americans
- 12. an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.
- 15. created by Congress to aid former slaves through education, health care, and employment
- 17. Southern whites who supported Republican policy through Reconstruction including equal rights for African Americans
- 18. Sherman wanted to grant to each freedmen family 40 of these (and a mule)to help them become economically self-sufficient; never became a law
- 19. used violence and intimidation to scare African-Americans away from voting; targeted white Republicans in the South who supported African American rights; wanted to restore Democratic Party control to the South
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- 1. last name of POTUS # 18; Republican elected to two terms; supported by new African American voters in the south; second term marred by scandals in his administration and economic panic
- 2. Northern whites who moved to the South & served as Republican leaders during reconstruction; wanted equal rights for African Americans
- 5. After the Civil War former landowners "rented" plots of land to blacks and poor whites in such a way that the renters were always in debt and therefore tied to the land, creating a cycle off debt
- 7. laws that enforced racial segregation in the South
- 8. Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after Civil War and promoted equal rights for African Americans
- 10. last name of 19th president of the US; Republican named as POTUS after Democrats agreed to the Compromise of 1877
- 13. amendment stating the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
- 14. Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
- 16. laws that restricted freedmen's rights with provisions such as: curfews, labor contracts, and land restrictions.