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What did the Wade-Davis Bill propose?
1/2 of voters in the state had to pledge loyalty to the Union and no one with connections to the Confederacy were allowed to vote.
What was Lincoln's plan called and why?
Ten Percent Plan - 10% of voters swear loyalty to the Union then they can be in charge of organizing their new government
What were enslaved people who had been freed by the war called?
freedman
Who was John Wilkes Booth
assassinated Abraham Lincoln and was a Confederate sympathizer.
What did the Freedman's Bureau do?
set up schools, jobs, and courts to settle disputes
Who was Andrew Johnson?
He was Abraham's Vice President and became president after Lincoln's death.
What was Johnson's Plan?
issued a broad amnesty among former Confederates and allow southern states reorganize their new government
Who were excluded from citizen rights in the 14th amendment?
Native Americans
Who was Hiram Revels?
was the first Black senator of the US
What does KKK stand for?
Ku Klux Klan
Who wanted to impeach President Johnson?
the Radical Republicans
Who won the election of 1868
Ulysses S. Grant
What did the 15th amendment do
Banned states from denying African American males the right to vote
What were some of the KKK tactics to instill fear into African Americans and their sympathizers.
Ride at night, yelling threats, burning black houses/schools/churches/business, burn wooden crosses. whip, torture, hang African American/Republicans
Why was the KKK formed?
White southerners felt like their way of life was being threaten when Black Americans gained rights
Who won the election of 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes
