Reconstruction And Reunification Begins Flashcards
What are former slaves forced to do?
What happens if African Americans don’t sign the labor contracts which are required?
They are forced to work on plantations by economical means.
Slaves could be arrested and have their labor auctioned off.
What are the Black Code’s?
What do they say?
Rules that restrict African Americans from certain things. Like Slave Codes.
- African Americans cannot hold meetings without a white present.
- They cannot travel without permission.
- They can’t own guns.
- Can’t sit on juries.
What is Andrew Johnson seen as?
Highly anti-African American
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theater
What did Lincoln do try and help the South during Reconstruction?
Granted amnesty (pardon for crime) to all Southerners who swear allegiance to the North.
Lincoln vetoes Congress strict Wade-Davis bill which requires a vote of a majority of white males in each Southern state to take oath of loyalty to be allowed to rejoin Union.
What happened to John Wilkes booth and the conspirators?
John Wilkes Booth was short outside of a barn.
The other conspirators were hanged except for one.
How can children be take from their African American parents?
What happens to the child afterwards?
They can be taken if support is not considered adequate.
Children could be hired out at auctions.
What does Andrew Johnson do during his term?
He doesn’t extend the vote to African Americans
Let’s the South limit African American’s rights.
Thirteenth Amendment
Abolishes slavery
Who takes over after Lincoln’s death?
Vice-President Andrew Johnson
