Reconstruction

Question 1

When was Reconstruction (the years)?

Answer 1

December 8, 1863 - March 31, 1877

Question 2

Andrew Johnson: compare/contrast him to Lincoln. Why did Lincoln choose him as his running mate in 1864?

Answer 2

Johnson had a different plan for reconstruction. The main difference in their plans was the rights of freedmen. Lincoln chose Johnson because they had differing political opinions, to show the newformed bond of the Union. Symbol of peace by unifying the presidential ticket.

Question 3

What’s the difference between Presidential Reconstruction (1865-when?) and Congressional Reconstruction (1867-when?)?

Answer 3

Presidential reconstruction (1865 - 1867) allowed more leniency towards southerners concerning their readmission into the Union. Congressional recon. blamed the south for the civil war (1867 - 1877).

Question 4

Where was Grant from and where was he prior to the Civil War?

Answer 4

He was originally from Ohio and lived in Illinois prior to the Civil War

Question 5

What did Grant run as

Answer 5

A Rebuplican

Question 6

What did Grant have a reputation for…

Answer 6

Smoking and drinking

Question 7

What was Grant during the Civil War?

Answer 7

Head General for the North

Question 8

In Presedential rankings, how did Grant fare throughout the years?

Answer 8

In terms of President ranking lists, Grant was at the bottom when the rankings first started, but is now ranked in the middle or the top half of presidents

Question 9

What did Grant do to the KKK

Answer 9

He did a lot to crush them

Question 10

Who voted for Grant in the highest percentage?

Answer 10

African Americans

Question 11

What were the results of the 1872 election?

Answer 11

Electoral vote: Grant got 286 electoral votes, Greeley got 66 electoral votes

Popular vote: Grant 56 % Greeley 44 %

Question 12

What was controversial about Alexander Stephens? Who was he and what happened to him after the Civil War?

Answer 12

He was the vice president of the CSA who gave a speech stating that black people are inferior to whites. He was arrested and imprisoned before being reelected to congress.

Question 13

Freedman Bureau

Answer 13

Government group that supported former slaves with land, schools, etc.

Question 14

“Black codes”

Answer 14

Laws passed by southern government that discriminated against

Question 15

Ku Klux Klan

Answer 15

anti-black group that murdered former slaves and freedom fighters

Question 16

13th Amendment

Answer 16

Abolished slavery

Question 17

14th Amendment

Answer 17

Guarantee of civil rights to all Americans, defined citizenship, made US gov more powerful than states

Question 18

15th Amendment

Answer 18

Gave black men the right to vote

Question 19

Unalienable Rights

Answer 19

Rights that cannot be taken by the government, that are guaranteed to us

Question 20

Radical Republicans

Answer 20

Group of congressmen who led congressional reconstruction

Question 21

Scalawags

Answer 21

Southerners who cooperated with north, ex: James Longstreet

Question 22

Carpetbaggers and the destruction of the Southern forests

Answer 22

Carpetbaggers were the southern name for northerners who went south, some wanted to aid reconstruction, others wanted to benefit from the south, congress sold forests for cheap to northern lumber companies who destroyed the forests

Question 23

Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 23

Railroad that connected Atlantic to Pacific in US

Question 24

Government Subsidies

Answer 24

Financial grants extended by the government to private institutions or other public entities, in order to stimulate economic activity or promote activities that are in the public good.

Question 25

Northwestern Passage

Answer 25

Passage that Europeans looked for in the 17th and 18th century, passage across Americas that connected Atlantic and Pacific

Question 26

Who was Hiram Revels?

Answer 26

He was the 1st First African American on the US senate.

Question 27

What is impeachment? How many presidents have been impeached? Name them. How many have been removed by the Senate following impeachment?

Answer 27

Impeachment is a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office. Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump twice. None have been removed.

Question 28

Why would the government subsidies cause bad incentives for railroad companies? And even contribute to the depression of 1873? Incentives: A motivation or reason for action.

Answer 28

Subsidies: A government incentive to get you to get something, in the form of cash, land, tax break (think bribe). When the government said they’ll give you $1000 per mile of track, railroad companies will create larger railroads. This led to the Depression of 1873; too many resources into the railroads,

Question 29

What did the TCR cut time from coast to coast travel

Answer 29

6 months to 10 days

Question 30

Why did reconstruction end in 1877?

Answer 30

The compromise of 1877 gave Rutherford B. Hayes presidency and the end of reconstruction.

Question 31

What was the Bargain of 1877?

Answer 31

The Republicans got Hayes and the Democrats got no more troops in the South. It settled the 1876 election

Question 32

Slavery was mainly replaced with….

Answer 32

Sharecropping

Question 33

How was sharecropping different from slavery?

Answer 33

A person can work on land without being owned by the owner of the land.

Question 34

Thaddeus Stephens was a leader of a group in Congress called the ______Republicans. _____ governments in the South claimed that they were saving the southern states from “Northern Republican corruption” and “Black rule”.

Answer 34

Radical and Redeemer

Question 35

How was Reconstruction a success and a failure.

Answer 35

Freedmen’s bureau, brought the union together, reconstruction amendments. People were racist, didn’t enforce