Reconstruction

Question 1

Years

Answer 1

1865-1877

Question 2

Problems at end of war

Answer 2

physical/economical: south damaged

constitutional: dont know what to do with southern states
political: Democrat president from TN (Johnson), Rep party dominant in Congress
social: newly freed AA’s, displaced white families
psychological: hatred

Question 3

Lincoln’s plans

Answer 3

make it easy for south to reenter union
only need 10% of state to pledge loyalty

political, not reconstructive: wanted to be reelected

never carried out bc he was killed

Question 4

Republican rule

Answer 4

achieved what the north wanted (won war, preserved union, freed AA’s)

Question 5

Republican economic reforms

Answer 5

high tariff
national bank
tax, borrow, and print $
$ for internal improvements

Question 6

Radical Republicans

Answer 6

led by Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens
destroy power of former slaveholders
led abolition
wanted to give AA’s full citizenships and voting rights

Question 7

Wade-Davis Bill

Answer 7

by Radical Republicans

state must have more than 10% pledge
abolish slavery completely
no confederate officials could participate in new govts
help freed AA’s
keep Republicans in power (S is democratic)

Question 8

Andrew Johnson and TN

Answer 8

Democrat

TN views him as a traitor, but he’s not

Question 9

Final Reconstruction Plan

Answer 9

occupation: creates 5 military districts headed by military official
all freedmen could vote
must accept 14th amendment to reenter

Question 10

Johnson’s Impeachment

Answer 10

Congress: Law Tenure of Office Act

Question 11

carpetbaggers

Answer 11

Northerners moved south for $

Question 12

scalawag

Answer 12

southern whites who cooperated w/ Reconstruction

Question 13

40 Acres and a Mule

Answer 13

plan to take land in S Carolina and divide into 40 1-acre plots for freed AA’s

Question 14

Freedmans Bureau

Answer 14

1865

provides clothing, medical supplies, food, and schools to freed AA’s and poor whites

Question 15

Black Codes

Answer 15

1865

laws that restricted AA rights (curfew, labor contracts, land restrictions, vagrancy law)

Question 16

13th Amendment

Answer 16

abolish slavery

Question 17

14th Amendment

Answer 17

gives AA’s voting rights

Question 18

15th Amendment

Answer 18

right to vote can’t be denied due to color, race or previous servitude

Question 19

Ku Klux Klan’s goals

Answer 19

destroy Rep party
throw out reconstruction govts
aid planters
prevent AA’s from exercising their rights

Question 20

End of Reconstruction

Answer 20

1876 election: Hayes (rep) wins

Question 21

End: Reconstruction Final Agreement

Answer 21

Hayes becomes president
end military occupation
put a southerner in cabinet
build rr’s in south