reconstruction Flashcards
what was reconstruction??
When the USA was rebuilt after the civil war
When’s the Emancipation Proclamation and what did it do?
1863 and it freed slaves that were in states initially in rebellion to the Union.
what were the major events in Lincoln’s presidency???
reconstruction
emancipation proclamation 1863
10% plan
return of southern states to the union
Define Lincolns 10% plan
a southern state could be admitted to the union once 10% of its voters swore allegiance to the union.
What was the Wade-Davis Bill and what was Lincoln’s reaction??
Wade-Davis Act (1864)
-southern states could re-join if 50% took an oath
-would give black people civil liberties except the right to vote
Lincoln used a pocket veto to let the bill die.
What did the 13th Amendment do, who passed it and when was it passed?
It formally abolished slavery in all of the USA, it was passed by Lincoln in 1864 (when he was re-elected.)
What did the 13th Amendment NOT give to freed slaves??
equal rights
what did this lead to??
There being a debate whether the act should give them equal rights and, if so, how far should their rights go.
what were the major events in Andrew Johnsons presidency??
-thirteenth amendment 1865
- Civil Rights Act 1866
- fourteenth amendment 1866
-industrial grown in the north
-south fell behind
What did the Freedmen’s Bureau do and when was it set up?
It was set up in March of 1965 and it helped free slaves to rebuild their lives.
Give five things that the Freedmen’s Bureau offered to freed slaves.
Food, shelter, legal aid, new schools and medical aid.
When did Andrew Johnson gain presidency?
April of 1865.
What did Andrew Johnson do, in terms of Southern pardoning?
He pardoned all white southerns, but confederate leaders and wealthy planters (plantation owners.)
What was sharecropping and why did it happen?
It was when African Americans rented land from rich white American landowners and it happened; the freed slaves had little money and the southerners were allowed to keep their land.
What two things happened to some sharecroppers (negative) and why?
They got into debt and poverty, due to them being too poor to repay their rent to the landowner.
What did SOME southern states introduce during the reconstruction era?
Black Codes
What did the Black Codes do to lives of African Americans?
limited them socially and economically
What did Johnson do to stop the Black Codes and why?
Nothing; he was not in support of equal rights for AA’s
In what year did Johnson veto (reject) the Civil Rights Act that gave equal rights to African Americans?
1866
Give two things that radical republicans wanted in the reconstruction era?
Equal rights for African Americans and the punishment of Confederate leaders.
When did Congress pass the 14th Amendment?
1868
Who did not ratify the 14th Amendment immediately?
Southern States
define the 14th amendment’s “citizenship clause?”
It said that anyone, regardless of race (not gender; it was only males), born in the USA was to gain citizenship, meaning that they were protected by the law.
What were rebel states forced to do before they could re-join the union ? Give two.
Ratify the 14th Amendment and they were forced to rewrite their constitutions to allow African Americans to vote
