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Understanding Key Amendments and Events of Reconstruction Era Power Struggles

Dive into the transformative Reconstruction era in American history, exploring pivotal amendments and key players that reshaped the nation. This engaging summary covers the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments that abolished slavery, established citizenship, and secured voting rights for African American men. Learn about Radical Republicans, the impeachment of President Johnson, and the impact of groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the Freedman's Bureau. This overview emphasizes the power dynamics between presidents, Congress, and evolving state governments during this critical period.

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Understanding Key Amendments and Events of Reconstruction Era Power Struggles

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  1. Name That Amendment It’s All About Power Presidents Rebuild It! Let’s Get Down & Fight! 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

  2. During Reconstruction, Congress created ___________ new amendments to the Constitution.

  3. What is three?

  4. This amendment gave African American males the right to vote.

  5. What is the 15th Amendment?

  6. This amendment had to be adopted by a state before they could rejoining the Union.

  7. What is the 14th Amendment?

  8. This amendment brought an end to slavery.

  9. What is the 13th Amendment?

  10. This amendment gave citizenship to former slaves.

  11. What is the 14th Amendment?

  12. These people wanted to protect the rights of African Americans.

  13. What are Radical Republicans?

  14. The House of Representatives voted to _______________ President Johnson.

  15. What is impeach?

  16. This system was set up for landowners so they could have poor farmers use their land in exchange for crops.

  17. What is sharecropping?

  18. This group of people did not like Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction because they thought it was too easy on the South.

  19. What is the RadicalRepublicans?

  20. States did this under Lincoln and Johnson’s plan.

  21. What is set up new state governments?

  22. This President was assassinated during Reconstruction.

  23. Who was Abraham Lincoln?

  24. This man assassinated a President during Reconstruction.

  25. Who was John Wilkes Booth?

  26. This man became President after another President was assassinated.

  27. Who was Andrew Johnson?

  28. This President was impeached and almost removed from office.

  29. Who was Andrew Johnson?

  30. This President was responsible for ending Reconstruction.

  31. Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?

  32. The period when the South rejoined the Union.

  33. What is Reconstruction?

  34. These Southerners supported the republicans during Reconstruction.

  35. What are scalawags?

  36. These Northerners came to the South to make money during Reconstruction.

  37. What are carpetbaggers?

  38. President Lincoln wanted ___________ to have control of Reconstruction.

  39. What are states?

  40. This group people used violence and intimidation to show racial discrimination.

  41. Who is the Ku Klux Klan?

  42. This organization provided food, clothing, medical care, and legal advice for poor whites and blacks.

  43. What is the Freedman’s Bureau?

  44. This laws limited the rights of former slaves.

  45. What are black codes?

  46. This Supremacist group was started during the Reconstruction era.

  47. What is the Ku Klux Klan?

  48. This set of laws made segregation legal.

  49. What are Jim Crow Laws?

  50. This government body upheld Jim Crow Laws if separate meant equal.

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