Civil War & Reconstruction

Question 0

What were the political consequences of the Civil War?

Answer 0

Greatly increased federal govs power & authority

Question 1

What were the causes of the Civil War?

Answer 1

Sectionalism, Slavery, and States Rights vs. federal supremacy

Question 2

What were the economic consequences of the civil war?

Answer 2

Widened economic gap between north & south

Question 3

Social consequences of civil war?

Answer 3

Radical adjustments not only for former slaves but for southerners

Question 4

What is/was reconstruction?

Answer 4

Time frame after civil war in which US gov began to rebuild the south + also the process of southern states readmittance to the union

Question 5

How did Reconstruction succeed?

Answer 5

Blacks entered political office. Hiram Revels became first black man to serve in US Senate

Question 6

How did Reconstruction fail?

Answer 6

Many blacks became sharecroppers
Convict leasing
Black codes

Question 7

Sectionalism

Answer 7

The Northeast, the south, and the west all have different ideals & ways of life

Question 8

Sharecropping

Answer 8

Blacks & poor whites use land and are given supplies & a place to live in exchange for their crops. Cycle of debt, another form of slavery

Question 9

Freedman’s Bureau

Answer 9

established in 1865 by Congress to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War (1861-65). provided food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance.

Question 10

Ku Klux Klan

Answer 10

In response to freedmans bureau. Meant to terrorize southern blacks and “keep them in their place”

Question 11

Black codes

Answer 11

Prohibited blacks from owning firearms, required them to be employed
Placed restrictions on their freedom

Question 12

13th amendment

Answer 12

No slavery or involuntary servitude besides for punishment for crime

Question 13

14th amendment

Answer 13

First, anyone born on American soil is guaranteed full American citizenship. Second, no state can strip any of its residents of the full privileges of American citizenship. Third, all citizens are guaranteed “due process of law,” which means that states cannot pass arbitrary or unfair laws. Fourth, all citizens are guaranteed “equal protection of the laws,” which means that states cannot discriminate against particular groups of citizens.

Question 14

15th amendment

Answer 14

The right to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the US based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Question 15

Convict leasing

Answer 15

Making prisoners be slaves basically

Question 16

Compromise of 1877

Answer 16

Democrats give Hayes electoral votes in exchange for removing all reconstruction troops from the south

Question 17

Race relations/social construct

Answer 17

Black codes & sharecropping

Question 18

Nullify

Answer 18

Invalidate

Question 19

Ratify

Answer 19

Making officially valid