Political 1865-1890

Question 1

Who were the presidents during 1865-1920 (10)

Answer 1

1- 1864 to 15 April 1865- ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Republican)
2- 1865 - Andrew Johnson (Dem)
3- 1868- Ulysses Grant (Republican)
4- 1872- Ulysses Grant (Republican)
5- 1876- Rutherford Hayes (Republican)
6- 1880- James Garfield (Republican)
7- 1881- Chester Arthur (Republican)
8- 1884- Grover Cleveland (Dem)
9- 1888- Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
10- 1992 - Grover Cleveland (Dem)

Question 2

When was the period of reconstruction?

Answer 2

1865-1877

Question 3

What made it easy for Lincoln to start planning reconstruction in the south?

Answer 3

Union soldiers occupied large areas

Question 4

When did Abraham Lincoln offer his plan of reconstruction and what did it mean

Answer 4

December 1865

States new constitution prohibits slavery

Question 5

When did congress propose Abraham’s plan

Answer 5

January 1865, congress proposed an amendment to the constitution to abolish slavery in the USA

Question 6

When was Abraham’s plan put into action to create an amendment and what number?

Answer 6

December 18th 1865
13th amendment
Formally abolishing slavery

Question 7

When did the civil war end?

Answer 7

April 9th 1865

Question 8

When did Abraham Lincoln die?

Answer 8

Assassinated less than a week later after end of civil war

Question 9

Who took over Lincoln?

Answer 9

Andrew Johnson, his Vice President

Question 10

What was the similarities between Lincoln’s plan and Johnson’s of reconstruction

Answer 10

Johnson originally carried on his plans for a month then in May 1865 he announced his own plans

Announced a vow of loyalty to nation and abolish slavery that Southern states were required to take before being re allowed to join nation

Question 11

What were the black codes?

Answer 11

Used in midwestern states to regulate the migration of free African Americans to the midwest

Used in south cruelly and severely

Southern legislation was passed to restrict civil rights if former slaves

Question 12

What state abolished full civil rights of African Americans!

Answer 12

Mississippi , meaning other states adopted their own black codes

Question 13

What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?

Answer 13

Was organised to provide relief and assistance ton former slaves it included;
Health services
Educational services
Abandoned land services

Question 14

How was their political corruption between 1865-1890 regarding Rutherford Hayes? TBC….

Answer 14

Known as a ‘lane duck’, allowed southern sta

Question 15

How was the election of 1876 of importance?

Answer 15

Grant took over by Hayes
Huge electoral fraud
Hayes made political states leading to the compromise of 1877

Question 16

What was the compromise of 1877

Answer 16

Hayes offered to withdraw of union troops from the south so that democrats would recognise Hayes as president

Meant that African Americans newly acquired rights were to be stripped as not able to be enforced

Question 17

What was the 1866 civil rights act

Answer 17

Passed by Congress outlines freedoms for communities

Such as right to make contracts
Own and sell property
Receive equal treatment under law

Question 18

What was the military reconstruction act of 1867

Answer 18

Divided south into 5 military districts and outlined how new govts would be designed

Question 19

How did Johnson deal with radical initiatives

Answer 19

Veto’d them but congress overrode him each time

Question 20

When and why was Johnson impeached

Answer 20

1868

Veto’d congress as he tried to hinder radical reform

Question 21

What did the 14th amendment do and when was it

Answer 21

1867

Provide citizen ship and civil liberties to recently freed slaves

Question 22

What was a carpet bagger

Answer 22

Name given to northerners who came south for political and economic reasons

Using reconstruction to their own advantage

Question 23

Who was a main group who didn’t support RR

Answer 23

KKK

Question 24

When was the KKK established

Answer 24

1865

Question 25

What did radical republicans believe

Answer 25

Blacks were entitled to same political rights and opportunity as whites as

Question 26

Who did the blacks vote for

Answer 26

Republicans

Question 27

Who controlled all 3 branches of federal govt 1869

Answer 27

Republicans

Question 28

What did the 15th amendment do

Answer 28

Prohibit states from restricting right to vote because of race

Question 29

What ended the KKK and when

Answer 29

Govt administration launched a legal and military offensive that destroyed KKK in 1971

Question 30

When was grant re-elected

Answer 30

72

Question 31

What were the two main types of opposition to radical reconstruction

Answer 31

1) political- democratic redeemers who fought to redeem the south: took away voting rights for AA through literacy tests
2) violent opposition - white terrorist to intimidate

Question 32

How many AA killed in Louisiana 1873

Answer 32

1000

Question 33

How did RR fail

Answer 33

Reluctant to use federal troops
Redeemers restores south
Amnesty act allowed ex confeds return to political life

Question 34

What was the tweed ring

Answer 34

Tweed looted $45 million from state govts under grant

Question 35

How many confeds did Johnson pardon

Answer 35

13,000

Question 36

What is a lame duck

Answer 36

Stayed for 1 term

Question 37

What is pork barrel politics

Answer 37

Policies of passing laws to reward people for their backing

Cartels paid off politicians