Chapter 17.1-17.2

Question 1

How long did reconstruction last

Answer 1

14 years

Question 2

What did Lincoln believe

Answer 2

The south never seceded. He said that the people left but the state did not. Therefore it was his responsibility to bring the people back into the union through the use of pardons

Question 3

What did congress believe

Answer 3

Congress believed that the states did secede. Since admitting states to the union is a congressional procedure, they were responsible for bringing the south back into the union

Question 4

Lincolns plan 1863

Answer 4

He offered leniency
•offered a general pardon to all southerners who took the oath of loyalty to the US and promised to follow laws concerning slavery•high confederate officials and military leaders were temporarily excluded• when 10% of the states population took an oath, they could establish a government and send representatives to US congress

Question 5

Results of Lincolns plan

Answer 5

•Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee completed this process but when the representatives arrived in DC, congress refused to let them have seats•Lincons attempt at reconstruction was blocked by congress

Question 6

What did the wade Davis bill refuse to allow

Answer 6

Lincons plan

Question 7

Wade Davis bill: July 1864

Answer 7

•51% of the people in the state must take an oath of loyalty to the union• they had to formally abolish slavery• confederate officials weren’t allowed to participate in new government

Question 8

Pocket veto

Answer 8

Lincoln had to sign the wade Davis bill before it came a law, but he thought it was too harsh and wanted to stop it. So he pocket vetoed the bill. In other words, he refused to sign the bill and held onto until congress adjourned the session. Once congress ajourned the session, the bill was voided

Question 9

Lincolns assassination

Answer 9

April 14,1865
Fords theater, Washington DC
During the play our American cousin, John Wilkes booth killed Lincoln

Question 10

Johnsons plan:1865

Answer 10

•pardons given to people who take loyalty oath• no pardons given to people given to high confederate officials and people who owned property more then $20,000. They would have to directly apply to Johnston.•the slave had to abolish slavery•the state had to repeal its ordinance of secession

Question 11

Most important part of johnstons plan

Answer 11

The state had to repeal its ordinance of secession

Question 12

Resukts of johnstons plan

Answer 12

States complied with presidents requests. When southern congressional delegates arrived in DC, congress refused to seat then. Johnstons plan failed

Question 13

Radical republicans

Answer 13

Republicans took control of 1866 election. They wanted federal government to be a major role in the south. They passed the civil rights act of 1866 and 14th amendment

Question 14

Civil rights act of 1866

Answer 14

Gave citizenship to all people born in the US. Congress passed this over johnstons veto

Question 15

14th amendment

Answer 15

Equal rights to all citizens. South refused to support this amendment

Question 16

13 th amendment

Answer 16

Abolished slavery in 1865

Question 17

Reconstruction acts of 1867

Answer 17

• divided south into 5 military districts
• confederate leaders and ruling class lost their voting rights•also states had to approve all new state constitutions that gave the right to vote to all men, including black, and they must ratify the 14th amendment

Question 18

Scalawags

Answer 18

Southerners who were republicans (typically poor white farmers)

Question 19

Carpetbaggers

Answer 19

Northern republicans who came to the south after the war

Question 20

What did the two groups of republicans do

Answer 20

Began to rebuild the south. Wrote new state consitutions. By 1870, southern states were back in the union and congress allowed them their congressional seat. South was still under military control until 1877.

Question 21

Define reconstruction

Answer 21

To build or to put back together

Question 22

15th amendment

Answer 22

Black men could vote