US History: Reconstruction

Also known as 10% plan, it was the most lenient of all reconstruction plans, with the objective of getting the Southern states back in as quickly as possible

Amendment that abolishes slavery

Welfare agency set up to help newly freed blacks with aid and education. Viciously attacked by the South

Radical republican bill that would have made it practically impossible for South to rejoin, was vetoed by Lincoln

Assassin who kills Lincoln in Ford's Theatre

President who takes office after assassination of Lincoln

Reconstruction plan that was the 10% plan plus pardons for Confederate officers and repudiated debts. It is passed while Congress is out of session

Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves

New mthod for blacks to find work, involved farming land and then paying back a portion of profits Likened to slavery

Name of system that utilized share-cropping

Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after civil war

The "real" reconstruction plan, it involved the Radical Republican's plans which override Johnson's vetoes

Amendment that grants full civil rights to Blacks and threatens to reduce voting proportions if right to vote is abridged

Involved 5 military districts ruled by generals

Bill that turns into the 14th amendment

Acts that instated military reconstruction

Amendment that guarantees right of suffrage to all men

Makes it illegal for president to replace officers who have been confirmed by Congress without Congressional approval

Popular Secretary of War who is fired by Johnson and leads to Johnson's impeachment

Southerner in favor of reconstruction to garner political support

Northerner who traveled south to make money off of the Reconstruction

White supremacy organization that intimidated blacks out of their newly found liberties

Secretary of State of who purchases Alaska

Term given to persistent reference to "Party who saved the Union"

Election year: Grant v. Horatio Seymore (Democratic moderate against South). Grant wins due to Bloody Shirt

Point in Utah where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed

President and former general whose presidency was racked by Scandal.

Attempt by Senate to double their pay, is met by public outrage

Rail-road company overcharges for rail-laying, bribes Washington to keep quiet

Treasury officials collaborate with distillers to get around excise tax

Secretary of War who sells $24k worth of supplies to Indians and pockets the money

Investor who corners the gold market by convincing Grant to issue bad financial proclamations

Election year: Grant wins handily, scandals have not surfaced yet

Financial downturn caused by overspeculation of western lands

Election year: Hayes v. Tilden (Democrat). Has contested votes

Compromise that enables Hayes to take office in return for the end of Reconstruction

Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites

Landmark court ruling that legalizes segregation