Chapter 12-Reconstruction Flashcards
following the Civil War, the south was physically rebuilt and socially restructured during the ____ Era
Reconstruction Era
The _____ bill was vetoed by Lincoln because is was a very harsh Reconstruction bill.
Wade-Davis bill
Any and all ex-_______ would be forbidden the right to vote by the Wade-Davis bill.
ex-confederates
His Reconstruction plan was very lenient.
Lincoln’s plan
the three parts of Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan included:
Slaves emancipation
10% loyalty oaths
Pardoned ex-confederates regains power
Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan fails because ___.
Lincoln is shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth
____ Reconstruction plan punished the rich ex-confederates but otherwise was very lenient.
Andrew Johnson’s Plan
_____ soon surfaced in many southern states during Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
Black codes
_____ caused a governmental crisis revolving around the Tenure of Office Act
Edwin Stanton
Andrew Johnson was ____ by the Radical Republicans.
impeached but not removed from office
_____ lost all political power to the Radical Republicans after his impeachment.
Andrew Johnson
The Radicals Plan for Reconstruction was ____
very harsh.
The _____ freed all slaves in the United States in 1865.
13th Amendment
The ____ granted citizenship and equal treatment to freed slaves during Reconstruction.
14th Amendment
The _____ was the military occupation of the South by the Union Army during Reconstruction.
Military Reconstruction act
The Radicals forced the southern states to eliminate ____ from their laws during Reconstruction.
Black Codes
The _____ promised 40 acres and a mule for recently freed slaves.
Freedman’s Bureau
To pay for Reconstruction, many ____ taxes were established.
Sin taxes
______ were established by many southern states for the first time during Reconstruction.
Public schools
______ controlled many southern legislatures during Reconstruction.
Black Republicans
The Secret ____ rose in power throughout the South during Reconstruction.
Ku Klux Klan
By 1877, _______ comes to a close throughout most southern states.
Radical Reconstruction
___ and ____ run for president in 1868,
Grant and Seymour
List two scandals during Grant’s presidency.
Colfax’s Credit Mobilier Scandal
Belknap army contractor Scandal
Whiskey Ring
Graft is another name for _____.
Corruption and scandal
The Ku Klux Klan is effectively neutralized by the ____.
Enforcement Acts
The Liberal Republicans support _____ for president in 1872.
Horace Greeley
Over speculation in railroads and the failure of Cooke & Co. led to the ____.
Panic of 1873.
The Compromise of 1877 between ___ and ____ will effectively end Reconstruction.
Rutherford Hayes and Samuel Tilden
Who wins the election of 1876 but does not become president.
Samuel Tilden
Who loses the election of 1876 but becomes president anyways?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Who “Redeems” the South following the end of Reconstruction?
Democrats become known as Redeemers
In 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes orders the ____ back to their barracks effectively ending reconstruction.
Union Troops.
slavery will be replaced following the Civil War with the ____ system.
share-cropping system
____ are used to keep poor freedmen in a state of near slavery.
crop liens
white southerners who cooperate with the Radical Republicans are called ___
Scalawags
many scalawags are _____ who are seen as traitors to their class.
white small time farmers
many northern opportunists called ____ came to the South during Reconstruction to make easy money.
Carpetbaggers
The new south would rely on _____ in the cotton industry.
industrializing
Following the Civil War, many freedmen will break from their white neighbors and establish ____
Their own churches and communities.
