Chapter 16 Flashcards
What is reconstruction
The process of reuniting the north and south again
What was the Ten Percent plan
Lincoln’s quick and easy plant for reconstruction that said 10% of a states voters had to agree to a loyalty oath in order to form a new state government
Problems the US faced after the civil war
1 How to rebuild the south and deal with people misplaced by war. 2 how to ease tensions that exist between north and south
What did state governments have to do to participate in national government
Abolish slavery
Who did Lincoln’s plan give amnesty to if they took the loyalty oath
Confederates but not confederate government leader
What was the Wade-Davis Bill
A stricter Reconstruction plan that required 50% of a states voters to take a loyalty oath before forming a new state
And would ban any confederate fighter from voting
What happened to the Wade-Davis Bill
It never became law because the president never signed it
Who were radical republicans
Supporters of a strict reconstruction plan
What was the freedmen’s Bureau
An organization created by congress that would deal with the needs of freedmen
What were freedmen
Enslaved people freed by the war
What did the freedmen’s Bureau do
1 set up schools to tech freedmen to read and write
2 helped freedmen find jobs
3 settled disputes between blacks and whites
Who assassinated Lincoln and when
He was killed by John Wilkes Booth 5 days after the war ended on APRIL 14, 1865 while watching a play at Ford’s theater in D.C.
Who became president after Lincoln
Andrew Johnson a southern democrat
What did the 13th Amendment do
Passed in 1865, abolished slavery
What happened under Johnson’s plan
Amnesty was granted to former confederates, new state governments were organized, and states had to ratify the 13th Amendment
