Chapter Twelve Flashcards
1
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wanted a moderate plan for reconstruction
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Lincoln
2
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didn’t want to punish the South
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Lincoln
3
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10% Plan(Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction)
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Lincoln
4
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Radical Republican
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Thaddeus Stevens
5
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felt it was Congress job to draw up plans for Reconstruction
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Thaddeus Stevens
6
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became President upon the death of Lincoln
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Andrew Johnson
7
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was military governor of Tennesee
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Andrew Johson
8
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his plan for Reconstruction was Proclamation of Amnesty
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Andrew Johnson
9
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opposed to 14th Amendment
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Andrew Johnson
10
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vetoed reconstruction Act of 1867
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Andrew Johnson
11
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was impeached, but never convicted
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Andrew Johnson
12
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head of Army during Johnson term
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US Grant
13
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became President in 1868 and 1872
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US Grant
14
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many scandals during his Presidency
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US Grant
15
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sec of war under Johnson
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Edwin Stanton
16
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Johnson fired him to lead himself to impeachment
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Edwin Stanton
17
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vice president for Grant
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Schuyler Colfax
18
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involved in Credit Mobiler Scandal
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Schuyler Colfax
19
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ran against Grand in 1868
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Horatio Seymour
20
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“Great Decliner:
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Horatio Seymour
21
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first African American elected to Senate
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Hiram Revels
22
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first African American elected to House of Representatives
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Joseph Rainey
23
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involved in Gould-Fisk Scandal
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Jay Gould
24
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tried to corner the gold market
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Jay Gould
25
considered first inside trader
Jay Gould
26
Grant's sec of war who was impeached for selling bribes
William Belknap
27
Grant's private sec who was involved with Whiskey Ring
Orville Babcock
28
became President in 1876 as a result of Compromise 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes
29
Democratic President candidate who lost Election 1876 even though he had more electoral votes orginally
Samuel Tilden
30
What term applies to an official pardon?
amnesty
31
What amendment gave the African American citizenship?
14th Amendment
32
What is a series of laws passed by the Southern states to limit the African Americans?
Black Codes
33
What is the name given to people who farmed and paid rent for the use of the land?
tenant farmers
34
What outlaws the activities of the Ku Klux Klan?
Ku Klux Klan Act
35
What was created by members of the House of Representatives and Senate that were to develop their own program for rebuilding the South?
Joint Committee on Reconstruction
36
What was the plan for rebuilding of the South after the Civil War?
Reconstruction
37
What was the group in Congress who felt it was the Congress responsibility to draw up plans for Reconstruction?
Radical Repbulicans
38
What was created by Lincoln to help the African Americans after the Civil War?
Freedman's Bureau
39
What offered a pardon to all former citizens of Confederacy who took oath of loyalty to the Union and return their property?
Proclamation of Amnesty
40
What is to accuse a person of wrongdoing?
impeach
41
What required all orders from the President to go through the headquarters of the general of Army?
Command of Army Act
42
What is the name of white Southerners who supported the Republican cause in the South after the Civil War?
Scalawags
43
What is gaining money illegally through politics?
graft
44
What is the economic crisis of Grants second term caused by the closing of banks, problems in the stock market, and high unemployment?
Panic 1873
45
What is the idea that sharecroppers couldn't pay debts and therefore couldn't leave land?
debt peonage
46
What was formed to decide the outcome of the election of 1876?
Committee of 15
47
What was the idea that the South couldn't return to pre-Civil War agricultural industry, so they must develop n industrial economy but it never happened?
New South
48
What was a conspiracy of internal revenue government officials and distillers who joined together to cheat the government by filing false reports?
Whiskey Ring
49
What was a group of acts put into effect to stop the violence in the South?
Enforcement Acts
50
What is the name given to many Northerners who moved South after the Civil War to help people?
carpetbeggars
51
What amendment freed the slaves?
13th Amendment
52
What granted citizenship to all persons born in the US except the Native Americans. African Americans could own property and provided that they be treated equally in the courts?
Civil Rights Act 1866
53
What required the Senate to approve the removal of any government officials whose appointment had required Senate approval?
Tenure of Office Act
54
What was the scandal that centered around the building of the transcontinental railroad?
Credit Mobiler Scandal
55
What was the name that applied to the taxes on alcohol and tobacco?
sin tax
56
What is the name to the agreement that ended up with Hayes becoming President and the Union troops being pulled out of the South?
Compromise 1877
57
What were the people paid a share of the crop for the use of the land?
sharecroppers
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What is the nickname of Lincolns plan for Reconstruction?
10% Plan
59
What occurs when a president lets a bill die by not signing it withing the 10 days after Congress adjourned?
pocket veto
60
What was the nickname given to the African Americans who served in the US Calvary?
Buffalo Soldiers
61
What amendment gave the African American men the right to vote?
15th Amendment
62
What part of the Congress brings about the charge of impeachment?
House of Representatives
63
What part of Congress is an impeachment hearing held?
Senate
64
What election was the first presidential election that African Americans could vote?
Election 1868
65
What was the secret organization formed whose goal was to help the Democrats regain control of the South?
KKK
66
What provided supplies to sharecroppers but at a high interest rate?
furnishing merchants
67
What is the idea that a merchant could take part of the crop to cover debt?
crop lien
