People

Question 0

He shot Lincoln

Answer 0

John Wilkes Booth

Question 1

He replaced Lincoln as President.

Answer 1

Andrew Johnson

Question 2

Congress tried to impeach him

Answer 2

Andrew Johnson

Question 3

He tried to veto the Civil Rights Act of 1866, but his veto was overridden.

Answer 3

Andrew Johnson

Question 4

When Johnson suspended the Secretary of War, The House decided to impeach him. Who was the Secretary of War?

Answer 4

Edwin Stanton

Question 5

The three groups in the South that supported the Republicans.

Answer 5

Scalawags, carpetbaggers, and freedmen

Question 6

He became President in 1868. He served two terms. Scandals and an economic depression hurt his presidency and the power of the Republican Party.

Answer 6

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 7

A secret society made up of former Confederates seeking power during Reconstruction. They terrorized freedmen and their supporters in the South.

Answer 7

The Ku Klux Klan

Question 8

Democratic candidate for President in 1876. He won the popular vote, but he lost the election.

Answer 8

Samuel J. Tilden

Question 9

Republican Presidential candidate in the 1876 election. He lost the popular vote, but he won the election after receiving 20 disputed electoral votes. He ends Reconstruction.

Answer 9

Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 10

Famous African American land speculator who encouraged freedmen to move to Kansas

Answer 10

Benjamin “Pap” Singleton

Question 11

Who was Thaddeus Stevens?

Answer 11

A Radical Republican U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.