Reconstruction and Westward Expansion Flashcards
What were “Radical Republicans?”. What were their plans?
Radical republicans wanted harsher consequences for the south, more protection for freedmen, and they wanted the confederate nationalism to end.
What was the 13th Amendment?
Abolished Slavery
What was the 14th Amendment?
Citizenship
What was the 15th Amendment?
Federal government cannot restrict voting rights to citizens.
What was the Freedmen’s bureau? What did it do?
- An organization that helped freedmen in the south
- educated freedmen
- food
- Shelter
- clothing
- medical services
How did the law protect African Americans after the Civil War?
- Citizenship
- Voting rights
How did African Americans continue to face discrimination after the Civil War?
- Segregation
- Jim Crow laws
- Predjudice
What happened as a result of the Election of 1876? Why is this considered the end of Reconstruction?
- In order to become president, Hayes stopped enforcing reconstruction int he south
What were 3 successes of the Reconstruction era?
- 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
- Civil Rights act of 1866
- Freedmens Bureau
List and explain 3 failures of the Reconstruction Era.
- White surpremicist groups
- Voter surpression
- Sharecropping
What industries were able to develop because of railroads? Explain how the railroads led to the settlement of the West.
- Enforced western settlement because of convienence
- iron, steel, copper, glass, machine tools, and oil industries
What were the motives of Western Expansion?
- Oppurtunities
- Land
- Freedom
- Government
- Wealth
- Agriculture
What was the impact of the Homestead Act?
- rapid settlement of the American West, but also caused significant environmental damage and Native American displacement
What happened during the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
- Custer and some 200 men in his battalion were attacked by as many as 3,000 Native Americans; within an hour, Custer and all of his soldiers were dead.
- Happened because of Lakota treaty violations
