LSA AJ The Reconstruction Years

Supporters of the "New South" idea wanted to see a South rebuilt around _______ and _______.

Congress created this agency in 1865 to provide opportunities and education for former slaves. 

This former Confederate general was closely associated with the early Ku Klux Klan.

Abraham Lincoln's reconstruction plan, which was relatively lenient toward the South, was the:

The 14th amendment did not include Native Americans, who weren't granted citizenship until ___.

Lincoln and his wife were at Ford's Theatre watching this play ______ when Booth struck.

The 4 million freed slaves throughout the South faced all the following challenges EXCEPT:

The most common occupation for former slaves & poor whites during & after Reconstruction was:

President Lincoln was fatally wounded by assassin John Wilkes Booth here on April 14, 1865.

The Radical Republican reconstruction plan, the ________ bill, was vetoed by President Lincoln.

All of the following former Confederate states were readmitted to the Union in 1868 EXCEPT:

Editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper, he is considered the father of the "New South."

Blanche Bruce and Hiram Revels of _____ were the first former slaves to be elected to Congress.

The terms of the Reconstruction Act assured most Southern state governments were _____ by 1870.

Following the end of reconstruction in 1877, Southern Democrats became known as the _______.

All of the following were problems facing the post-Civil War South EXCEPT:

The last of the former Confederate states was finally readmitted to the Union by ______.

All of the following were ways Southern states kept African-Americans from voting EXCEPT:

Despite frequent scandals, Grant was re-elected in 1872, defeating Liberal Republican _______.

The Reconstruction Act passed by Congress in 1867 divided the South into __ military districts.

This former Union war hero was elected President as the Republican candidate in 1868.

Before and during the war, Booth had been one of the most famous ________ in the United States.

After Lincoln's death, new President Andrew Johnson called his reconstruction plan ________.

This Pennsylvania senator was leader of the Radical Republicans, who opposed Lincoln's plan.

This act of Congress challenged the power of President Johnson to hire and fire his own staff.

Founded in 1866, this secret Southern society used threats & violence to intimidate opponents.

This 1866 law passed by Congress reversed the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision of 1857.

Congress passed this amendment in 1870 to guarantee the right of African-Americans to vote.

This Supreme Court case upheld the concept of "Separate but Equal" in Southern states.

Poor relations between Congress and President Johnson got worse when he vetoed the _________.

After brief trials, ___ conspirators were ultimately hung for their parts in Lincoln's death.

This 1866 amendment made all persons born in the U.S. into citizens, including former slaves. 

Laws in Southern states which assured the concept of "Separate but Equal" were called _______.

Angered by his opposition to radical reconstruction, Congress voted to _____ Johnson in 1868.

The Redeemers goals included all of the following EXCEPT:

All of the following U.S. government officials were targeted by Booth's conspiracy EXCEPT:

Southern Republicans were labeled as _______ by former Confederates and most other Southerners.

Convicted of being a Booth accomplice, she was the first woman hanged by the U.S. government. 

Johnson's "restoration" plan gave most of the power to oversee reconstruction to __________.

This Republican candidate's 1877 deal with Southern Democrats ended Reconstruction