U.S. History Quiz 3 - Reconstruction

Amendment that ended slavery:

13th

Amendment that gave former slaves citizenship rights:

14th

Amendment that gave former slaves the right to vote:

15th

Years Reconstruction occurred:

1865-1877

Became president after Lincoln was assassinated and was later almost impeached because his treatment of the South was not harsh enough for the group that controlled Congress:

Andrew Johnson

What was the agreement that ended Reconstruction?

Compromise of 1877

Southern laws meant to segregate whites and non-whites

Jim Crow Laws

Group that formed after the war designed to restore the southern white supremacist way of life as much as they could through intimidation:

KKK

As a result of Reconstruction, how much political power did the former slaves have and jobs were available to them?

Slaves are equal and can vote but they still work on farms, they are just paid very little.

Leader whose plan for Reconstruction included treating the South like conquered territory:

Thaddeus Steven

Leader of the Radical Republicans

Thaddeus Stevens

Name of the Reconstruction plan supported by the Radical Republicians

Wade-Davis Plan

What was the main question in how to deal with the South after the war?

to punish the South or forgive and move on