reconstruction 1865-1877

Question 1

what where Lincolns policies?

Answer 1

1865 13th amendment- abolish slavery
1865 10% plan- if 10% of a south state vote to join union they can
1865 freeman beauro- equation and support for A-A such as brown uni

Question 2

what were Johnson’s policies 1865-1869

Answer 2

1868 14th amendment- equal citizenship

1867 reconstruction act- placed south into 5 military zones

Question 3

what were grants policies 1869-1877

Answer 3

1870 15th amendment- unconrtuitonal to stop someone voting due to race
1872 amnesty act- 15,000 ex confederates allowed back into power

Question 4

what were Hayes policies 1877-81

Answer 4

1870 southern compromise- end reconstruction

Question 5

aims of reconstruction 1865-1877

Answer 5

reunite the country after civil war

improve lives for A-A

Question 6

north during reconstruction

Answer 6

90% of factories were in the north
better educated and more wiling for change
saw the south as hostile

Question 7

south during reconstruction

Answer 7

impoverished due to war
loss 50% farming machinering
freed slaves lost them 1.6 million
war damage of 1.1 million

Question 8

African americas

Answer 8

Jim Crow laws= states enforcing racial segeration
formation of KKK in 1865
collfax massacre after republican win 1873= 150 A-A killed and white supremacy leads pardons
grandfather laws/ literacy tests stopping A-A being able to vote
most freed slaves became sharecroppers- where plantation owners gave them seeds to plant and a wage