Quiz 3 Flashcards
Lincoln’s original plan for reconstruction was called the ____________ plan. In this plan, 10% of the people living in the states that had left the government would have to take an oath and be loyal to the government
10% plan
People thought that the 10% plan was too lenient, and the ___________proposed their own bill called the ____________.
Republicans, Wade-Davis bill
in the wade davis bill, 50% of people who had left the union to take an oath of loyalty. Lincoln knew if he vetoed the bill, it might cause him trouble because the election was coming up
He _____________ the bill because this was a more subtle way to do it
pocket vetoed
a ______________ is when a bill is sitting on the president’s desk for longer than 10 days, then the bill dies
Pocket veto
___________ was Lincoln’s VP, but not the original one. He chose Johnson because he was from Tennessee (Confederate State). Johnson was the only senator from the South who stayed loyal to the North. Lincoln wanted the Presidental ticket to show a unified country
Andrew Johnson
Johnson was racist because he grew up in the south. He told southern states that they had to do two things before they came back into the union. Recognize the end of slavery by _____________,
___________ secession
ratifying the 13th amendment, denounce
Southern states started to send representatives after they had returned to the union Most of the men were the same men who had represented the states before the ____________ they had the same attitudes
Civil War
____________
was sent by the state of Georgia. Was VP of Confederate states during the Civil War. Lots of people thought that he should be in prison or dead because he had committed _________
Alexander Stephens, treason
he southern states changed slave codes to ______ codes to get around the end of slavery
black
Republicans in Congress were considered _________ because their way of thinking was very different Republicans in Congress decided they were going to seize control and take over without Johnson
radical
Radical republicans wanted to ________ the south and __________ __________ to African Americans
punish, grant rights
the __________ passed in 1866, and was ratified in 1868. It granted citizenship to _____________. this was an issue because some children were citizens but their parents weren’t.
14th amendment, anyone born in the US
The 14th amendment also stated that no former _____________ could hold a federal or state office without _________ approval.
confederate official, senate
the ____________ dominated the senate. They wanted to remove men like Alexander Stephens
Radical Republicans
a _________ was a southerner who sided with Republicans,
Scalawag
a ___________ was a northern business person who went south to try to start a business. People thought they were exploiting the south
Carpet Bagger
The South was divided into 5 _____________. each had a general. The generals were there to make sure that the South was staying in line, and protecting African Americans in the South
Military districts
Every bill that the Radicals passed, _________ vetoed, but they overrode those bills because they made up the majority of Congress
Johnson
the ___________ stated that the President could not remove any civil official including cabinet members without Senate approval. People in the Senate are the ones who vote to approve the Presidential Cabinet
Tenure of Office Act
The Tenure of Office Act was created to protect the job of Secretary of War, specifically __________. He and Johnson did not like each other, the radicals knew that Johnson would try to remove Stanton from office
Edward Stanton
Johnson attempts to violate the Tenure of Office Act by removing Edward Stanton from office _________ used this as their basis to remove Johnson from office
Congress
_____________ starts in the House of Representatives. They agreed that Johnson tried to violate the Tenure of Office Act. The next step takes place in the _________, which determines if the President should be removed from office, with a 2/3 majority. Johnson was not removed from office, but it was close
Impeachment, Senate
___________ was a Radical Republican and a war hero. There was lots of _______ going on during his administration
Grant was too trusting and often thought that people were innocent when they were guilty
Ulysses S. Grant, corruption
the __________ stated that you could not deny someone the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Large numbers of ________ started voting for the republican party and were also being elected to public office
15th amendment, black men
_____________ were angry about the 15th amendment. Terrorist groups such as the KKK were formed to try to terrorize African Americans
Southerners
in the panic of 1873, ______________ were blamed because of reconstruction and how much money it was costing
Republicans
__________ were regaining power. They regained control of the House of Representatives. Most of the reconstruction policies ended. Grant decided to slow down ___________ policies
Democrats, reconstruction
Democrats wanted to use force to take over the government. They showed up at Republican __________and didn’t allow the Republicans to meet
This caused the Republicans to _______.
headquarters, lose
Democrats gained a super majority, which is above ________
They impeached the _________ of Missisippi because they had the majority
Grant does nothing about this
2/3, governor
In the election of ________, Rutherford B. Hayes was the Republican candidate and Samual Tilden was the democrat candidate
1876
_______ electoral votes in question came from the three southern states that were still under military control. Congress created a special 15-member committee with 8 Republicans and 7 Demoncrats. All 20 votes were given to _______, and he became the 19th President
20, Hayes
The compromise of 1877 ended ___________. it also ended Northern occupation of the South. Northern troops were withdrawn, which created a total change
reconstruction
Southern states wanted to find a way around the amendments, specifically the 15th They tried to ___________southern blacks.They added poll taxes and literacy tests
disenfranchise
The ___________ hindered black people from voting because Black people weren’t allowed to read and write during slavery. These laws were in place until the 1960s. This caused black voter turnout to drop from 80-90% to 11%
literacy tests
the __________ were state-supported segregation laws. These laws were challenged and went all the way to the Supreme Court
Jim Crow Laws
The outcome of the Plessy v. Ferguson was ___________but __________. It was eventually overturned by Brown vs Board of Education. Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” was unequal
separate but equal
In the end, the US will emerge as one of the top ________ powers in the world. Electricity was also invented, and
________ replaces iron, it allows buildings to be taller
three, steel
______________means the process of bringing together into a single company several of the activities involved in creating a manufactured product, such as acquiring raw materials, manufacturing products, and marketing, selling, and distributing finished goods.
vertical integration
___________ was a big steel tycoon because he used ___________. Carnegie owned everything relating to steel, which meant that he could control it all and not lose any profit
Andrew Carnegie, Vertical integration
_______________ means merging one or more companies doing the same or similar activities as a way of limiting competition or enhancing stability and planning.
horizontal integration
