Reconstruction

Question 1

Abraham Lincoln was the # president?

Answer 1

16th (1861-1865)

Question 2

What did Lincoln do?

Answer 2

lead the nation in the civil war

Question 3

When + where was Lincoln assassinated?

Answer 3

April 14, 1865 at Ford’s Theater

Question 4

Who killed Lincoln? When did his killer die and where?

Answer 4

• John Wilkes booth
• shot on April 26, 1865 at Garrett’s Farm

Question 5

Andrew Johnson was the # President?

Answer 5

17th (1865-1869)

Question 6

Who was the first president to go though the impeachment trial?

Answer 6

Andrew Johnson

Question 7

What is the Tenure of Office Act?

Answer 7

• enacted March 3, 1867 even though Johnson vetoed it
• did not allow the president the power to remove any executive appointed by a previous administration

Question 8

Who was Edwin Stanton?

Answer 8

• secretary of war
• was the center of the Tenure of Office Act
• opposed Johnson’s reconstruction policies

Question 9

What were Radical Republicans?

Answer 9

loose faction of the politicians within the Republican Party

Question 10

What were Radical Republicans’ views?

Answer 10

1. they strongly opposed slavery before + after the war
2. they pushed for uncompensated abolition of slavery
3. supported civil rights for freedmen
4. advocated reduced rights for ex-confederates

Question 11

What was the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill?

Answer 11

• enacted March 3, 1865
• aimed to help former enslaved people forge independent lives
• Johnson tried vetoing it, but Congress passed it

Question 11

Name things that the Freedmen’s Bureau provided.

Answer 11

• safe food
• housing
• oversight
• education
• health care
• employment contracts with private land owners

Question 12

What did the 13th Amendment do and when was it established?

Answer 12

• officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude EXCEPT as punishment for a crime
• December 6, 1865

Question 13

What did the 14th Amendment do and when was it established?

Answer 13

1. granted citizenship to people born or naturalized in the US including formerly slaves
2. prohibited state and local governments from depriving a person of life, liberty, and property
3. requires each state to provide equal protection to all citizens
   - July 9, 1868

Question 14

What did the 15th Amendment do and when was it established?

Answer 14

-declared that the right to vote could not be denied on account of race
- February 3, 1870

Question 15

What were the black codes?

Answer 15

• restricted freedmen who were emancipated, but not yet full citizens
• denied them them the right to
  1. testify against whites
  2. serve on juries or in state militias
  3. vote
  4. express legal concern publicly`

Question 16

When was the Civil Rights Act of 1875 enacted?

Answer 16

March 1, 1875

Question 17

Who proposed the Civil Rights Act of 1875?

Answer 17

Charles Sumner and Benjamin Butler

Question 18

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 do?

Answer 18

-guaranteed that everyone regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude was entitled to the same treatment in “public accommodation”

Question 19

Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional?

Answer 19

because private businesses did not have to follow this

Question 20

When and were was the KKK established?

Answer 20

Pulaski, TN in 1865

Question 21

Who was the first Grand Wizard of the KKK?

Answer 21

Nathan Forrest

Question 22

What did the KKK do?

Answer 22

-stop black people from voting
- wanted to eliminate the Republican Party in the south by intimidation

Question 23

What are carpetbaggers?

Answer 23

Northerners who went south during reconstruction motivated by profit

Question 24

What are scalawags?

Answer 24

-native white southerners who supported federal reconstruction
- cooperated with blacks in order to achieve their ends