Chapter 12-Reconstruction

Question 1

following the Civil War, the south was physically rebuilt and socially restructured during the ____ Era

Answer 1

Reconstruction Era

Question 2

The _____ bill was vetoed by Lincoln because is was a very harsh Reconstruction bill.

Answer 2

Wade-Davis bill

Question 3

Any and all ex-_______ would be forbidden the right to vote by the Wade-Davis bill.

Answer 3

ex-confederates

Question 4

His Reconstruction plan was very lenient.

Answer 4

Lincoln’s plan

Question 5

the three parts of Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan included:

Answer 5

Slaves emancipation
10% loyalty oaths
Pardoned ex-confederates regains power

Question 6

Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan fails because ___.

Answer 6

Lincoln is shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth

Question 7

____ Reconstruction plan punished the rich ex-confederates but otherwise was very lenient.

Answer 7

Andrew Johnson’s Plan

Question 8

_____ soon surfaced in many southern states during Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan

Answer 8

Black codes

Question 9

_____ caused a governmental crisis revolving around the Tenure of Office Act

Answer 9

Edwin Stanton

Question 10

Andrew Johnson was ____ by the Radical Republicans.

Answer 10

impeached but not removed from office

Question 11

_____ lost all political power to the Radical Republicans after his impeachment.

Answer 11

Andrew Johnson

Question 12

The Radicals Plan for Reconstruction was ____

Answer 12

very harsh.

Question 13

The _____ freed all slaves in the United States in 1865.

Answer 13

13th Amendment

Question 14

The ____ granted citizenship and equal treatment to freed slaves during Reconstruction.

Answer 14

14th Amendment

Question 15

The _____ was the military occupation of the South by the Union Army during Reconstruction.

Answer 15

Military Reconstruction act

Question 16

The Radicals forced the southern states to eliminate ____ from their laws during Reconstruction.

Answer 16

Black Codes

Question 17

The _____ promised 40 acres and a mule for recently freed slaves.

Answer 17

Freedman’s Bureau

Question 18

To pay for Reconstruction, many ____ taxes were established.

Answer 18

Sin taxes

Question 19

______ were established by many southern states for the first time during Reconstruction.

Answer 19

Public schools

Question 20

______ controlled many southern legislatures during Reconstruction.

Answer 20

Black Republicans

Question 21

The Secret ____ rose in power throughout the South during Reconstruction.

Answer 21

Ku Klux Klan

Question 22

By 1877, _______ comes to a close throughout most southern states.

Answer 22

Radical Reconstruction

Question 23

___ and ____ run for president in 1868,

Answer 23

Grant and Seymour

Question 24

List two scandals during Grant’s presidency.

Answer 24

Colfax’s Credit Mobilier Scandal
Belknap army contractor Scandal
Whiskey Ring

Question 25

Graft is another name for _____.

Answer 25

Corruption and scandal

Question 26

The Ku Klux Klan is effectively neutralized by the ____.

Answer 26

Enforcement Acts

Question 27

The Liberal Republicans support _____ for president in 1872.

Answer 27

Horace Greeley

Question 28

Over speculation in railroads and the failure of Cooke & Co. led to the ____.

Answer 28

Panic of 1873.

Question 29

The Compromise of 1877 between ___ and ____ will effectively end Reconstruction.

Answer 29

Rutherford Hayes and Samuel Tilden

Question 30

Who wins the election of 1876 but does not become president.

Answer 30

Samuel Tilden

Question 31

Who loses the election of 1876 but becomes president anyways?

Answer 31

Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 32

Who "Redeems" the South following the end of Reconstruction?

Answer 32

Democrats become known as Redeemers

Question 33

In 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes orders the ____ back to their barracks effectively ending reconstruction.

Answer 33

Union Troops.

Question 34

slavery will be replaced following the Civil War with the ____ system.

Answer 34

share-cropping system

Question 35

____ are used to keep poor freedmen in a state of near slavery.

Answer 35

crop liens

Question 36

white southerners who cooperate with the Radical Republicans are called ___

Answer 36

Scalawags

Question 37

many scalawags are _____ who are seen as traitors to their class.

Answer 37

white small time farmers

Question 38

many northern opportunists called ____ came to the South during Reconstruction to make easy money.

Answer 38

Carpetbaggers

Question 39

The new south would rely on _____ in the cotton industry.

Answer 39

industrializing

Question 40

Following the Civil War, many freedmen will break from their white neighbors and establish ____

Answer 40

Their own churches and communities.