Civil War Questions - Day 4 Flashcards
What agency was established by Congress in March 1865, to attempt to establish a working free labor system?
Freedmens Bureau
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau supposed to do?
Helped former slaves transition to lives as citizens
What was sharecropping?
Tenant farming system former slaves were forced into
Who was President Lincoln’s successor?
Andrew Johnson
Who did Johnson believe had no role to play in Reconstruction?
Congress
What is something the black codes denied blacks the opportunity to do?
Be unemployed or be out after dark
Who were the two most prominent Radical Republicans in Congress?
Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner
What two choices did the Fourteenth Amendment offer leaders in the South?
Rafity the 14th Amendment or military reconstruction would continue
What is one proposed bill that Johnson vetoed in 1866?
Civil Rights Act of 1866
What was the only former Confederate state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment?
Tennessee
After impeachment, how many votes short of convicting Johnson were Republicans in the Senate?
One vote
What did the Reconstruction Act do?
Gave military control over the south to enforce reconstructing it
In 1868, who did the Republicans nominate for President?
Ulysses S. Grant
All former Confederate states were readmitted by what year?
1870
What southern state had the highest black percentage of its population?
South Carolina
What did the Fifteenth Amendment provide?
Black men sufferage
Who was the first black senator in American History?
Hiram Revels
What notable thing did Hiram Revels do during Reconstruction?
Elected to Congress/Senate
What is the name for those who went to the South to real the spoils of office?
Carpetbaggers
What is the derogatory nickname for southern traitors to their region?
Scalawags
Where was Tweed’s Ring?
New York City
What party controlled Tweed’s Ring?
Democratic Party
What year was the KKK founded?
1865
Where was the bloodiest act of violence during Reconstruction?
Colfax Riot
