Aftermath of Civil War and Homesteaders Flashcards
When was slavery abolished?
1864
What amendment abolished slavery?
13th amendment
Who became president in April 1865?
Andrew Johnson
What was reconstruction?
Putting north and south together and allowing the south to self-regulate their reconstruction.
What was his approach to the south?
Gave land back to original owners and pardoned them.
How did he help southerners?
Pardon them and pass black codes.
How did he not help black people?
Tried to veto the civil rights act.
What were black codes?
Southern states had laws that segregated black people from white people.
What was passed in 1866?
Civil rights act.
What did (the thing passed in 1866) do
Protect black citizens
What was the 14th Amendment?
Civil rights act which means everyone is a citizen regardless of race.
What was Johnson’s and Southern states approach to it?
Johnson opposed it and southern states refused to ratify it.
When was the first and second Reconstruction acts passed and what did they do?
1867- placed the south under military law.
1870- enforced the civil rights act or the southern states would lose their representation in the senate.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
All citizens have the right to vote.
When where all states re-admitted into the Union?
1870
Who were the KKK?
a white supremacy group formed 1865
2 positives of reconstruction?
Restored the US to a unified nation with a loyalty oath. The union now has been re-joined.
2 negatives of reconstruction?
Some southerners and the KKK got away with it and they weren’t forced to band segregation so it didn’t happen
When did the US government pass the Homestead act?
1862
What were 2 qualifications of the Homestead act?
had to be a citizen and farm for 5 years.
What did the first homesteaders live in and why?
Houses made out of soil - sod house
How and why was the Homesteaders act extended in 1873 and 1877?
The Timbre Culture act 1873 and the Desert Land act 1877
How did the HS solve the following? a- lack of water (how, who, when) b - lack of water (farming method and type of wheat) c- Fencing large areas (how, who when) d- plagues of grasshoppers e-Roots of the Prairies (how who when)
A- windmill water pump 1874 Daniel Halliday
B- dry farming, a top layer of dusty soil after its rained to keep the moisture in and Russian Turkey Red Wheat grain used.
C- barbed wire- 1874 Joseph Glidden.
D- ate everything 1871, 1874, 1875
E-sod buster- John Deer in the 1880s
identify 2 problems with living in a sod house.
Dirty and damp
