U.S. History Topic 1 Review

Southern whites who supported or became Republicans were called

• Radical Republicans
• Carpetbaggers
• the Ku Klux Klan
• Scalawags

Period after the Civil War in which the national government attempted to rebuild the South's economy while promoting the rights of former slaves.

• The French & Indian War
• The Election of 1864
• Reconstruction
• The Election of 1876

Provided food, clothing, health care, and education to former slaves.

• Radical Republicans
• Carpetbaggers
• Freedman's Bureau
• Scalawags

Northerners who came to the South after the Civil War hoping to make a profit.

• Scalawags
• Carpetbaggers
• Radical Republicans
• Ku Klux Klan

Lincoln's Vice-President who became President when Lincoln was assassinated.

• Andrew Johnson
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Rutherford B. Hayes
• Booker T. Washington

Born a slave, but called for African-Americans to "pull themselves up from their own bootstraps."  Became President of Tuskegee University. 

• Booker T. Washington
• Ida B. Wells
• W.E.B. DuBois
• Rutherford B. Hayes

African-American leader who was born free; felt that blacks should demand their equality; helped found the NAACP.

• Booker T. Washington
• Ida B. Wells
• W.E.B. DuBois
• Rutherford B. Hayes

African-American leader who was best known for speaking out against lynching.

• Booker T. Washington
• Ida B. Wells
• W.E.B. DuBois
• Jim Crow

Became President in the controversial election of 1876.

• Andrew Johnson
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Rutherford B. Hayes
• Abraham Lincoln

Members of Congress who favored harsh penalties for the South during Reconstruction.

• Radical Republicans
• Ku Klux Klan
• Carpetbaggers
• Scalawags