Jacqueline Moreschi - Chapter 12-1 Reconstruction 2019-2020 Flashcards
- What is the period involving the federal government’s efforts at rebuilding the South after the Civil War called?
. reconstruction
2. Also known as: the second civil war
- For how many years did this period last?
12 years
- What required millions of federal dollars to repair in the South during Reconstruction?
all the infrastructure
- What important questions needed to be answered during this period of Reconstruction?
What do you do with the four million freed slaves?
2. Do the slaves that are now free get equal rights?
3. Can the former slaves vote?
4. How much should the government provide with money and help to these refugees?
5. What about the confederate states and how do you deal with the states that seceded, who let them back in?
6. What should the states be required to do to be able to come back into the union?
7. Can confederate soldiers vote and can they hold office?
8. Which branch of government had the constitutional power to determine the rules for Reconstruction?
- Which two branches of the federal government argued over who had the power to determine the rules for punishment and readmission to the Union?
President Executive Branch
2. Congress legislative branch
- Who did President Lincoln believe was responsible for causing the war?
Individual citizens
- What had these people committed by waging war against the federal government?
treason
- What presidential power did he use to justify his right to determine the conditions for readmission to the Union?
pardon
- What was the name of Lincoln’s plan to allow the rebel states back into the Union?
10% plan
- What were the two steps that each state had to accomplish before Lincoln would allow it back into the Union?
- 10% of voters from each confederate state had to take an oath of allegiance to the U.S.
The states also had to pass the 13th amendment
- What type of Republicans supported Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan?
moderate republicans
- What were the Republicans who strongly opposed Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan called?
radical republicans
- What congressional power did these Republicans claim gave them the power to set the rules for Reconstruction?
congress has the power to admit new states
- What was the name of the Radical Republicans’ plan to allow states back into the Union?
Wade Davis bill
- Explain the requirements of the Wade-Davis Plan.
- a majority of the voters from each confederate state has to take an oath of allegiance to the U.S.
2. In order to qualify to vote or run for office, a person would be required to take an oath that he had never voluntarily given aid to to the Confederacy
Each state must ratify the 13th amendment
Each state must guarantee universal male voting rights
