Reconstruction (1865-90)

Question 1

How many Americans died during the Civil War?

Answer 1

700 000

Question 2

How many pardons did Johnson issue to confederates?

Answer 2

13 000

Question 3

How many slaves were freed by the 13th Amendment?

Answer 3

4 million slaves

Question 4

What did the 14th Amendment mean and when was it passed?

Answer 4

1868 - Gave citizenship

Question 5

What did the 15th Amendment mean and when was it passed?

Answer 5

1869/70 - Meant that the vote could not be denied on account of race

Question 6

When was the Freedman’s Bureau established?

Answer 6

1865

Question 7

What was the Military Reconstruction Act and when was it passed?

Answer 7

1867 - Introduced military control in the south

Question 8

When was the Amnesty Act and what did it allow for?

Answer 8

1872 - Allowed ex-confederates back into power

Question 9

What did the Supreme Court rule was unconstitutional in 1883?

Answer 9

The Civil Rights Act of 1875

Question 10

What did Hayes issue in 1877 and what did it do?

Answer 10

The Southern Compromise - Ended reconstruction and power was completely restored to southern states

Question 11

What did the percentage of eligible black people who could vote in South Carolina drop to from the 1880 Presidential election to the 1896 one?

Answer 11

70% to 11%

Question 12

What happened in Louisiana in 1868 and how many people were killed?

Answer 12

Elections were fought with a background of sustained violence by white terrorists - 1000 killed

Question 13

What happened in 1873 and how many people were killed?

Answer 13

The Colfax Massacre - 150 freedmen killed after a Republican won election for Governor

Question 14

What happened in the US vs Cruikshank case in 1876?

Answer 14

The US SC overturned the convictions of two men who were proscuted by the F.Govt. for the Colfax Massacre. Ruled that the 14th Amendment applied only to states

Question 15

What did WEB Du Bois help to establish?

Answer 15

The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP)

Question 16

What did Booker T Washington (former slave) believe?

Answer 16

Progress would be slow - had to be educated, prove themselves

Question 17

Who was Madam C.J. Walker and what did she start to develop?

Answer 17

Member of a sharecropper family - started to develop a hair cream for black people (became first female black millionare)

Question 18

How many black senators and HOR’s were elected to Congress?

Answer 18

2 senators and 20 HOR’s

Question 19

What are 3 examples of the universities that were set up for African Americans?

Answer 19

Howard University (1867), Hampton University (1868), Tuskegee University (1881)

Question 20

What court case was in 1896 and what did it rule?

Answer 20

Plessy v Ferguson - ruled ‘seperate but equal’ facilities were legal

Question 21

By 1910, what percentage of black farmers owned land and what happened as a result of this?

Answer 21

25% and their standard of living had improved