People Flashcards
1
Q
Secret society made up of former Confederates who terrorized the freedmen in the South.
A
Ku Klux Klan
2
Q
Whites from the North who traveled South after the War.
A
Capetbaggers
3
Q
White Southerners who supported the Union [i.e. against secession or pro-Republican].
A
Scalawags
4
Q
Members of congress who wanted extreme change after the Civil War.
A
Radical Republicans
5
Q
Former slaves
A
Freedmen
6
Q
Lincoln’s assassinator
A
John Wilkes Booth
7
Q
President after Lincoln’s assassination
A
Andrew Johnson
8
Q
President after Johnson
A
Ulysses S. Grant
9
Q
Democratic candidate who won the popular vote in the election of 1876
A
Samuel J. Tilden
10
Q
Candidate who won the election of 1876
A
Rutherford B. Hayes
