Radical Republicans were s small but power group in Congress who wrote laws to protect the rights of:

Southern states passed laws known as ___ as a way of keeping freedmen in positions of social, political, and economic inferiority.

During Reconstruction in the South, a group of people built schools and hospitals to help the former slaves. What was its name?

Many African Americans who remained in the South after the Civil War relied on their farming experience to do what?

What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan?

In what way was the lives of African Americans affected by the removal of federal troops in the South?

______ is a system that many poor whites and African Americans had to rely on for economic dependence.

President Johnson allowed the Black Codes to be passed.

President Johnson cared about the rights of African Americans.

Abraham Lincoln wanted to ____ the country as quickly as possible.

Which amendment prohibited slavery in the US?

Which amendment ensured that all people born in the US were citizens?

Which amendment said all male citizens in the US could vote?

Who made up the Radical Reconstruction Plan?

What happened to the economy after the Civil War?

Why did Lincoln's original reconstruction plan change into one that included humiliation for the Southern elite?

Why was building schools important to the Freedmen's Bureau?

Why did the KKK use violence?

What was the purpose of the Black Codes?

How did the goals of Southerners and members of Congress differ through Reconstruction?

____ were Northerners who moved to the South from the North as missionaries and businesspeople to help educate freedmen and rebuild the South. They packed all their belongings in bags made of carpet.

What did the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson declare?