Ch.1 Reconstruction (1865-1877) Flashcards
2.Booker T Washington founded a famous school for Africa-American called
Tuskegee Institute
1.The first president to face an impeachment trial in the senate was
Andrew Johnson
3.The Supreme Court case of 1890s that legalized “separate but equal” was
Plessy v Ferguson
- The reconstruction period ended with the
Compromise of 1877
- Congressional Reconstruction
Divided the south into five military districts
6.The 10 percent Plan of Reconstruction was favored most by
Abraham Lincoln
7.Military districts in the south were established in 1867 by
Congressional reconstruction
- The “black codes”
Restricted the opportunities of newly freed African-Americans
- Andrew Johnson’s reconstruction plan for south
Reflected his support for values of the south
- A major scandal of the Grant administration involved railroad construction company called
Credit Mobilier
- As president U.S. Grant
presided over an administration riddled with corruption
- The Freedom’s Bureau proposed to
do all the above
- The Fourteenth Amendment
Guaranteed citizenship to African-Americans born in the United States
14.The official reason for president Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial was that
He violated the Tenure of Office Act