Reconstruction Begins

The time period after the Civil War was when the Union and Confederate states came back together.

Right after the war, newly freed African Americans started to do what?

More than____of the white male population of the south had died.

Those white southerners who were without land saw the new freedmen as competition in the labor force. 

What are two of the main aspects of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?

Andrew Johnson was a Northerner like Lincoln and worked hard to protect the rights of African Americans during the Reconstruction.

Johnson pardoned all southerners except for Confederate leaders and planters.

Southerners started to pass _____ that were meant to control black people.

What are some things that the Freedman's Bureau tried to help people with?

The 14th Amendment protects ____ and gives them equal protection under the law.

The Military Reconstruction Act was meant to help protect poor white southerners get the food and help they needed.

Military commanders were posted in the southern states to ensure that African Americans could vote.

Congress felt that Johnson was acting against Civil Rights and tried to limit his power in the Tenure of Office Act.

Andrew Johnson was never impeached and eventually started working with the Radical Republican Congress.

Who became president after Andrew Johnson?

The 15th Amendment protects citizens' right to ___.