American History: Reconstruction Flashcards
Became President after Lincoln was Assassinated
Wanted tot take it easy on the South
Andrew Johnson
Group of Republicans who wanted revenge on the South
Radical Republicans
Leader of the House
Was one of the Radical Republicans
Thaddeus Stevens
Leader of the Senate
Was one of the Radical Republicans
Charles Sumner
Continuation of Freedmen’s Bureau
Creation of terms for Southern States to re-enter Union
Ensured military occupation of former confederate states
Radical Reconstruction Plan
Southern States had to ratify 13th Amendment to rejoin the Union
Southern states had to have 10% of voters take on oath of loyalty to U.S.
Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
A government agency created to help former slaves adjust to freedom
Freedmen’s Bureau
Segregation becoming a part of the law in the South.
Equal Protection
Rutherford B. Hayes became President despite not having enough electoral votes to be elected
Election of 1876
Hayes becomes President
Democrats accept Hayes but Hayes must remove remaining federal troops from the South
Great Compromise of 1877
Was elected President in 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes
No federal official confirmed by the Senate could be removed until the Senate had approved a successor
Tenure of Office Act
Placed severe restrictions on the ownership of land and the ability of former slaves to move freely to seek better jobs
Black Codes
Had to read portion of the constitution
State Official reviewed the test
Was unfair to black people
literacy tests
Provisions in Southern States that ensured poor and illiterate white people could vote while blacks could not
Grandfather clause
