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During the later 19th Century the republic was changed to an empire: What 4 characteristics describe this transformation?
- Economic Restructuring - to the Hamiltonian system
- Political and Governmental Consolidation - the
centralization of power in the federal government,
equating to the loss of states’ rights. - Aggressive Foreign Policy - “liberty and democracy”
- The origins of a “progressive” America.
What were the characteristics of the Republican Party’s economic agenda?
- A National Bank: National Banking acts of 1863-64
- Fusion of government and finance
- Protective tariffs: promote industry
- Land grants and subsidies to railroads: The “Gilded
Age” - And income tax and inflation: Greenbacks
- A Hamiltonian America
Describe Lincoln’s 10% plan for Reconstruction.
- A lenient plan of reconstruction that would reestablish those states back into the Union as quickly as possible.
What were the conditions of Reconstruction contained in the Wade-Davis Bill? (2)
The president would appoint governors in each of the former Confederate states, who were subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
There would be no election to determine members of state constitutional conventions could be held until AFTER armed resistance had ceased.
What provisions were provided in the Wade-Davis Bill if any former Confederate states could not achieve 50% of the voters to take the Iron Clad oath?
Confederate states would lose their rights.
What were the problems with trying to achieve the 50% required by the Iron-Clad Oath?
There were many men, due to being soldiers in the Confederate armed forces, peace officers, and Confederate state, county, and city officials.
Why was Lincoln opposed to the Wade-Davis Bill?
- It would reverse the progress already made with the ex-Confederates
- prolonged the beginning of the process in other Confederate states.
- Congress did not have the power to abolish slavery in the states where it existed;
- It was too early in the process to tie reconstruction to such a strict plan.
What 2 accusations were levied against Lincoln in the Wade-Davis Manifesto?
- Lincoln usurping Congress’s authority to control Reconstruction.
- Lincoln’s 10% plan was intended to secure electoral votes for Lincoln’s personal ambitions.
The overall effect of the Wade-Davis Bill was that it _____.
Set the state for the resulting conflict between the executive office and Congress.
Once radical Congress rejected Johnson’s reconstruction plan Congress believed _____.
that it alone had the power to legislate for Reconstruction.
When the former Confederate states initially sent representatives to Congress in 1866 the Republicans in congress ____.
refused to seat them.
The black codes passed by the Southern States in the late 1860’s were similar to ____.
laws against free blacks in Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio
Following the election of 1866, the government was run by ___, while there was ____ control of the government, which manifested itself in the tyranny of the _____.
Republicans
75%
Supermajority
As a result of the First Reconstruction Act, what occurred?
- All-Southern States, except Tennessee, were removed from the Union
- Then they were divided up into 5 military districts; subjected to martial law
- Required them to make new constitutions and ratify the 14th amendment.
What two bills were passed by the Republican Congress to trap Johnson?
1st Reconstruction Act and Omnibus Act of 1868
