Lessons 9, 10, & 11 Flashcards
What was the main goal of Reconstruction?
To readmit the former confederate states back into the union after the civil war
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe? What did she do and what impact did it have?
She wrote uncle toms cabin which highlighted the cruelty of slavery, further dividing the north and south
What is an abolitionist
A person who wants to abolish slavery
What is popular sovereignty and where was it practiced
Where the people living in a newly organized territory had the right vote on whether or not to allow slavery in the territory
What are the parts of the compromise of 1850
California enters as a free state
Ends slave trade in DC
Opened New Mexico and Utah territories to slavery
Enacts fugitive slave law
What was John brown for
Against slavery
What event led to southern states to secede form the union
Lincoln’s election
What is the beginning, turning point, and ending or the civil war
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Appomattox courthouse
What is total war? Who carried out total war toward the war’s end
Destroying the enemy and anything do use to the enemy.
The north
What was the anaconda plan
Civil War strategy devised by President Abraham Lincoln and general winfield scott by which Union forces would establish a naval blockade of Southern ports and take control of the Mississippi River in order to squeeze in on the South from the East and West and defeat them.
Why was the emancipation proclamation needed and what was the strategy behind it
To rally the American troops
What are the similarities and differences between Lincoln’s plan and the wade davis bill
Similar: wanted states to declare slavery illegal and swear loyalty to the us
Differences: Lincoln’s plan was forgiving whilst wade davis bill was very harsh
What problems did the south face following the the civil war
Infrastructure completely destroyed
Starvation
Worthless currency
Bankruptcy
No workforce
Emotionally destroyed
What impact did Lincoln’s assassination have on the feelings between the north and the south? Who assassinated Lincoln
The north blamed the south for his death.
John Wilkes booth
What are the 13, 14, and 15th amendments
13: banned slavery
14: granted citizenship to all native born in the us
15: right to vote for all African American men
What is the freedman’s bureau
Federal agency established in 1865 to help and protect freed slaves
What were black codes passed
Restricted freedoms of freed slaves in 1865 to 1866
What did Thaddeus Steven’s and Charles sumner have in common
Both led radical republican
What were the reconstruction acts
South divided into 5 districts
New state constitutions drafted
South must recognize the 14th
Black men are enfranchised
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached
What are the steps in the impeachment process
What role does each of the two houses of congress have in the process
Tenure of office
House of reps needs 218/435 votes and senate needs 2/3.
Reps collect evidence and interview witnesses, and senate listens to testimony and analyzes evidence
What is sharecropping
A system designed to benefit the property owner by keeping the sharecropper in constant debt
Who were scalawags
Who were carpet baggers
Southern residents that collaborated with northern republicans
Northerners who moved to south during reconstruction to benefit from reconstruction projects
What was the kkk
Who was the first grand wizard
A white supremacy group
To terrorize blacks and scalawags
First grand wizard was former confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest
What was a redeemer and what was their intended goal
The southern wing democratic party’s goal was to regain political power and enforce white supremacy
How did southern states limit the rights including voting rights of blacks
Literacy tests
Poll tax
Grandfather clause
Jim Crow laws
What are the parts of the compromise of 1877 following the controversial election of 1876
Democrats recognize Hayes as 19th potus
Union troops removed from south
North finances infrastructure
Brought formal ending to reconstruction
What was decided in please vs Ferguson
That blacks and whites were separate but equal = segregation
What impact did building more schools and universities have for freed men
Allowed blacks to get an education
