Reconstruction Flashcards
Abraham Lincoln
-“quick and lenient” offered a full pardon to individuals that took an oath of loyalty and accepted the abolition of slavery
-focus solely on returning rights to white southern men
Andrew Johnson
-goal to reconstruct former CSA while congress was not in session
Alexander Stephens
-Alexander Hamilton Stephens, VP of CSA, was 50th Gov. of GA, served during secession
Black Codes
-new laws aimed at controlling African Americans and restricting them from opportunities
-was an attempt to make conditions legally as close to slavery as possible
13th Amendment
abolished slavery as an institution in ALL US states and territories
14th Amendment
granted equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War
15th Amendment
citizens shall not be denied the right to vote based on race, color, previous condition of servitude, etc.
Military Reconstruction Act
-military was to be divided into districts with a Union general in charge
-takes away state government power
Sherman’s Field Order No. 15
Sharecropping
Ku Klux Klan
Discuss the goals of Southern Whites, Northerners, and African Americans
Compare and contrast Presidential and Congressional (Radical) Reconstruction (timing, leadership, purpose, legislation, goals)
Explain the actions of southern whites that contributed to the failure of Presidential Reconstruction
Describe the methods used to oppress African Americans during Reconstruction
