Reconstruction

What was the reconstruction period?

• Post Civil War period of trying to rebuild and reconnect the South

• Rebuilding the White House

• Restructuring Congress

• The rebuilding of the military.

_________ shot and killed Prrsident Lincoln.

Lincoln's plan of Reconstruction was called the ______________.

• 25% plan

• 50% plan

• 10% plan

• 5% plan

Who became President after Lincoln's death?

• Samuel Tilden

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses Grant

• Rutherford B Hayes

What did the 13th amendment do?

• Gave women the right to vote

• ended the Civil War

• created the "new South"

• Freed former slaves

What is suffrage?

• refers to the suffering of the South

• right to vote

• citizenship

• the right to work

What is impeachment?

• to formally bring charges against a federal official

• to remove the President

• to question the President's power

• to elect a new President

Black codes were created to _______________________.

• give Freedmen new jobs and opportunities

• rules carpetbaggers had to follow

• limit Freedmen's new found rights in the south.

• start new governments in southern states

What did the 14th amendment do?

• right to bear arms

• gave former slaves full citizenship

• women the right to vote

• freedmen opportunities to get a job

Who was elected the 18th president?

• Joe Biden

• Ulysses Grant

• Samuel Tilden

• Rutherford B Hayes