Chapter 1 - Reconstruction Flashcards

1
Q

What issues contributed to the conflict over Reconstruction?

A

Lack of constitutional guidance in secession

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2
Q

What is the 13th Amendment

A

It banned slavery

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3
Q

What problems did African Americans face with the vacancy laws

A

B

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4
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Laws that restricted African Americans’ rights

A

Black codes

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5
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What is the 14th amendment

A

Gave African Americans citizenship

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6
Q

As soon as _____ of state’s voters took the loyalty oath to the union, the state could set up a new government

A

10% Plan

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7
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What is the 15th Amendment

A

Gave African Americans the right to vote

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8
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Made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen’s right to vote

A

Enforcement Acts

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9
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Laid out the process for readmitting southern into the Union

A

Reconstruction Acts

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10
Q

Why did Johnson veto the a Civil Rights Act of 1866

A

Johnson supported state rights

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11
Q

Understand that the Civil Rights Act of 1866…

A

Sought to abolish the Black codes by overruling state laws

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12
Q

What led to the passage of the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867

A

14th amendment

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13
Q

The _____ was used to eliminate _____ from elective office

A

Ironclad Oath; Confederate officers

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14
Q

What is the importance of African American churches in Reconstruction

A

They provided a platform for organizing and group planning

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15
Q

A farmer tends to a portion of a planter’s land in return for a portion of the crop

A

Sharecroppers

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16
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A farmer paid rent to a landowner for the use of land

A

Tenant farming

17
Q

Why did tenant farmer need to be better at managing money than sharecroppers

A

So they could continue to pay the landowner for use of his land

18
Q

Segregation laws enacted after reconstruction in the south

A

Jim Crow Laws

19
Q

An agreement by which Rutherford B. Hayes won the 1876 election and in exchange agreed to remove all remaining federal troops from the south

A

Compromise of 1877

20
Q

A term for white southern Democrats who returned to political power after 1870 who wanted to redeem or reclaim the South from northern domination

A

Redeemer Strategy

21
Q

A law that required a majority of prewar voters in Confederate states to swear loyalty to the Union before restoration could begin

A

Wade-Davis Bill

22
Q

Case in which the U.S. Supreme Court implemented the “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws

A

Plessy v. Ferguson

23
Q

When the Supreme Court chipped away African American freedoms

A

Slaughterhouse cases

24
Q

What are the lasting effects of Reconstruction

A

The diversification of the southern economy

25
Q

Which voting practices did the Supreme Court decision address

A

Grandfather clause

26
Q

A sum of money you pay to vote

A

Poll Tax

27
Q

What are the consequences of the Supreme Court decision of 1883

A

B

28
Q

In what way did Booker T. Washington think the Tuskegee Institute could help the African American community

A

B

29
Q

During reconstruction, republicans dominated the new state governments because of…

A

Effects of carpetbaggers and new women voters

30
Q

A law to disqualify African American voters by only allowing men to vote whose fathers and grandfathers had voted before 1867

A

Grandfather clause

31
Q

He advocated full citizenship, including the right to vote for African Americans

A

Thaddeus Stevens