Chapter 13 Reconstruction

Question 1

President Lincoln’s Plan

Answer 1

to end the bitterness engendered by war, he issued (Dec. 8, 1863) a proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction for those areas of the Confederacy occupied by Union armies. It offered pardon, with certain exceptions, to any Confederate who would swear to support the Constitution and the Union.

Question 2

president Johnson’s plan

Answer 2

aimed at swift restoration of the southern states after a few basic conditions were met.

Question 3

Radical Reconstruction Plan

Answer 3

time when congressional Republicans, moderates and Radicals, controlled Reconstruction in the South

Question 4

Military occupation of south military districts

Answer 4

The Republican Congress established military districts in the South and used Army personnel to administer the region until new governments loyal to the Union could be established

Question 5

Freedmen’s Bureau

Answer 5

help former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War

Question 6

Thaddeus Stevens

Answer 6

from Pennsylvania. Member of the house of representatives. eaders of the Radical Republican faction

Question 7

charles sumner

Answer 7

leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans to destroy confederacy, free all slaves, and keep on good terms w Europe.

Question 8

Thirteenth amendment

Answer 8

abolished slavery

Question 9

fourteenth amendment

Answer 9

granted citizenship to all born in US

Question 10

fifteenth amendment

Answer 10

granted all right to vote

Question 11

equal protection clause

Answer 11

part of fourteenth amendment. no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction “the equal protection of the laws

Question 12

due process clause

Answer 12

safeguard from arbitrary denial of life, liberty, or property by the Government outside the sanction of law

Question 13

tenure in office act

Answer 13

restrict the power of the President of the United States to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate

Question 14

impeachment

Answer 14

accused of unlawful activity, kicked out of office

Question 15

jim crow laws

Answer 15

racial segregation state and local laws in public facility

Question 16

poll tax

Answer 16

tax to vote

Question 17

carpetbaggers

Answer 17

a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections

Question 18

Scalawags

Answer 18

white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans

Question 19

compromise of 1877

Answer 19

unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, pulled federal troops out of state politics in the South, and ended the Reconstruction Era.