RECONSTRUCTION Flashcards

1
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The president that ended reconstruction

A

Rutherford B. Hayes

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2
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What did the freedmen’s bureau do

A

Tried to help and educate blacks after the war

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3
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The south made its living after the civil war by

A

Growing crops

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4
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What were carpetbeggars

A

Northern republicans who moved south

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5
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How did southern states try to weaken reconstruction efforts

A

They enacted black codes

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6
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Lincoln’s postwar reconstruction plan was to set a

A

Tone of forgiveness

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7
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What were the two states that first gave women the right to vote

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Utah and Wyoming

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8
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Why had slavery disappeared in the north before the war

A

It did not fit the economic interests of the north

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9
Q

The civil war left the south _____

A

In ruins

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10
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Despite the passage of several constitutional amendments _______

A

African Americans found gaining equal rights difficult

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11
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When reconstruction comes to an end ______

A

Few legal and political freedoms were guaranteed to African americans

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12
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The passage of _____ legislation by southern states led to an ________

A

Jim Crow
Increase in violations to African Americans rights

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13
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One major result of the reconstruction was that the

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Former confederate states were restored to the union

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14
Q

What amendment helped ensure civil rights for African Americans

A

The 14th

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15
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This amendment gave southern black men the right to _____? The ____ amendment

A

Vote
15th

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16
Q

When president Johnson violated the __________ he was ______ by the house

A

Tenure of office act
Impeached

17
Q

President Andrew Johnson clashed with _______ when he _________

A

Congress
Vetoed the bill to extend the freedmen’s bureau

18
Q

The notion that the southern states were conquered provinces and at the mercy of congress was the view of the

A

Radical republicans

19
Q

Abraham Lincoln wanted to take

A

Strong action to maintain the union

20
Q

Who assasinates Lincoln

A

John Wilkes booth

21
Q

Andrew Johnson freely handed out ______ to southern officials

A

Pardons

22
Q

The reconstruction president ______ was considered to have a ______ administration

A

Ulysses S grant
Corrupt

23
Q

Poll_____,_______tests and the _______ were ways that the southerners kept African Americans from voting even after slavery died

A

Taxes
Literacy
Grandfather clause

24
Q

Compromise of 1877

A

Agreement to allow Hayes to be president it ended reconstruction

25
Q

Infrastructure

A

Public property and services a society uses

26
Q

Tenant farming

A

Farmers who rent land

27
Q

15th amendment

A

Gave African American males the right to vote

28
Q

Civil liberties

A

Liberties guaranteed by the constitution

29
Q

Four causes of the civil war

A

Dred Scott decision
Uncle toms cabin
Slavery
States rights

30
Q

What did the emancipation proclaimation do

A

Freed the slaves in the sourh

31
Q

What was Lincoln’s main objective for the civil war

A

To preserve the union

32
Q

Who was the famous general for the north

A

Ulysses s grant

33
Q

Who was the famous general for the south

A

Robert e lee

34
Q

What are two advantages the north had that helped them win the war

A

Bigger population
More industrialized

35
Q

What two ways the African Americans were helped by reconstruction

A

13th amendment
14th amendment

36
Q

What were three ways the African Americans were oppressed in the south after reconstruction

A

Poll taxes
Literacy test
Jim Crow laws

37
Q

How did the kkk affect reconstruction in the south

A

It helped to reverse the reconstruction