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What is Reconstruction?
Reuniting of America
Compare Lincolnās 10 Percent Plan with the Radical Republican plan.
Radical Republican plan wanted a much more harsh punishment
What was the Freedmanās Bureau?
Agency that helped African Americans settle into freedom
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Fordās theater
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What building was the location where Lincoln died?
Petersen House
Who becomes the 17th President of the United States?
Andrew Johnson
What was the significance of the 13th Amendment?
Abolished slavery
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
Granted citizenship to anyone born in U.S.
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
Gave A-A men voting rights
What did 14 African Americans do in Tennessee in the late 1800ās?
Served in stateās general assembly
Who won the Election of 1868?
Ulysses S. Grant
What were carpetbaggers?
Northerners that moved to South during reconstruction to find wealth through industry
What did the name scalawags mean?
White southerners that were pro-union
What was the largest terrorist group in America against African-American rights?
KKK