Reconstruction Flashcards
What was the 10% plan?
required 10% of the former Confederacy to swear a loyalty oath to the US
How was the Wade-Davis Bill different from the 10% Plan?
Required a higher percentage of former Confederates to swear a loyalty oath.
Which three Amendments are called the “Reconstruction Amendments”?
13th, 14th and 15th
What did each of the three Reconstruction Amendments do?
13th Ended slavery, 14th Black people allowed to be citizens, 15th Extended suffrage to black males.
Who/what was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
Helping Black people: find jobs, register to vote, and provide education for them.
Who were the Redeemers and what did they want?
Southern Democrats, a return to white supremacy
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached during Reconstruction?
breaking a Congressional statute
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Republicans won the presidency and the military left the South.
