Chapter 15 Flashcards
Reconstruction
granted citizen rights
14th Amendment
restrictive laws placed on black Americans
black codes
fired Edwin Stan
Johnson
secret organization to place blacks under white control
Ku Klux Klan
Northerners who traveled to the South during the Reconstruction
carpetbaggers
agreed to remove troops from the South to ensure votes
Hayes
to bring charge
impeachment
gave adult black males the right to vote
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Civil Right Act of 1866 granted who freedom?
freedmen
required ratification of the 14th Amendment
Reconstruction Act of 1867
gave pardon to those who would swear loyalty except for wealthy Confederates
Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
accused of exceeding his power
Lincoln
required 50% of the voters to take the loyalty oath
Wade Davis Bill
created the 10 Percent Plan
Lincoln
radical leader in Senate
Charles Sumter
refused to pay the Confederate debts
the Wade Davis Bill and John Reconstruction Plan
wanted more repercussions for the South and more protection against freedmen
Radical Republicans
impeached by the House of Representatives
Johnson
law that prevented president from firing members of the senate; later deemed unconstitutional
Tenure of Office Act of 1867
said something in rebellion shouldn’t be let back to power
Radical Republicans
a system where the tenant is allowed land for a share of the crops
sharecropping
towns built by the government
mill towns
remained President while radicals gain popularity
Johnson
Did the Civil Rights Act of 1865 give equality or not?
it did
did not persecute politicians
Grant
vetoed the Wade-Davis Bill
Lincoln
degrading name for Southerners who supported the Reconstruction
Scalawag
faced multiple scandals
Grant
agency created to aid people
Freedmen Bureau
a group pardon
amnesty
required South to hold conventions with black and white people
Reconstruction Act of 1867
appointed provisional that would ratify the 13th Amendment and hold conventions
Johnson Reconstruction Act
led radical Republicans in the House of Representatives
Thaddeus Stevens
required those to take oath to swear they never supported the Confederacy
Wade Davis Bill
Amendment that prohibited discrimination for voting against race, color, etc.
15th Amendment
became president when the former president was assassinated
Johnson
