First Semester CAP Exam; American History 11
Reconstruction Act correct answer Legislation designed to rebuild the South after the Civil War.
Lincoln correct answer President of the U.S during the Civil Was and assassinated in 1865.
13th Amendment correct answer This amendment abolished slavery.
14th Amendment correct answer This amendment allowed black citizenship.
15th Amendment correct answer This amendment gave voting rights to black males.
Impeachment correct answer Congrass method used to remove an elected official from office before
their term expires.
Klu Klux Klan correct answer This group attempted to return white authority throughout the South
through violence and terror.
Andrew Johnson correct answer President following the Civil War who acquitted on impeachment
charges in 1868.
Black Codes correct answer A series of state laws designed to limit the civil rights of newly freed slaves.
Ulysses S. Grant correct answer Former Civil War General who served as President in a very corrupt
administration.
Rutherford B. Hayes correct answer Awarded the Presidency in the disputed 1876 election in exchange
for removing Northern troops from the South.
Slimration correct answer The act of one culture blending into another culture.
