Ch 16 Flashcards
What did the ten percent plan entail?
- It would grant amnesty to all who took an oath of loyalty
- when 1/10 of voters took oath states could send reps back to congress and establish state govs
What was Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction?
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Plan aka 10% plan
What was Lincoln’s goal for reconstruction?
Get the union back together as quickly as possible
This was an unsuccessful attempt from radical republicans to try to set reconstruction policy
Wade Davis bill
What did the Wade Davis Bill entail?
- abolish slavery
- make south deny succession
- keep confederate officials from holding office or voting
- establish military governors in the south
- when a majority of state citizens swore allegiance a constitutional convention could be held
What did Lincoln do to the Wade David Bill?
Pocket vetoed it
What did the 13 amendment do?
Emancipated all slaves
This was established by radicals and helped free men transition from slavery to freedom
Freedmens bureau
What department ran the Freedmens bureau?
War Dept
Northerners who moved to the south to try to rebuild society
Carpetbaggers
White southerners who switched from being democrats to being republican
Scalawags
Who became president after Lincoln’s assassination ?
Andrew Johnson
What political party did Andrew Johnson belong to?
Democrat
What did Johnson think about aristocrats?
He was anti aristocrat
What were Johnson’s conditions for confederate states to enter the union?
States had to do away with
- slavery
- succession
- debt
How did Johnson deal with confederate military leaders?
Granted amnesty to them upon oathe
These were passed to regulate the lives of black people
Black codes
This amendment extended civil rights to all people and made black people citizens
14th amendment
Which two bills did Johnson veto that created tension between congress and the president?
- extension of the Freedmens bureau
- the 1866 civil rights act