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Reconstruction (Ch. 14) Flashcards

1
Q

On Jan 31, 1865, at Lincon’s urging, Congress proposed the 13th Amendment which did what?

A

Made slavery illegal throughout the United States

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How did the Freedmen’s Bureau help people? Mark all that apply

Help free slaves get land

Establish new schools

Provide food and clothing

Enforce black codes

A

Enforce black codes (obviously!)

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The 2 main goals of the Reconstruction were:

A

Offer amnesty to Southerners

AND

Abolish slavery in former Confederate states

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True or False: Rutherford B Hayes narrowly defeated US Grant in the 1876 election

A

False

Hayes (Republican) narrowly defeated Samuel Tilden (Democrat)

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The Redeemers differed from men who held power in the South before the Civil War because they (choose one)

Favored Industrial Growth

Were Members of the Ku Klux Klan

Were Northern Republicans

Believed in racial equality

A

Favored Industrial Growth (wealthy Southerners before this point were only interested in plantation farming and abusing slaves)

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Which of the following statements are FALSE about Andrew Johnson?

He clashed with the Radical Republicans and had more vetoes overridden than any other US President

He served nearly 8 years as President of the US

He admired President Andrew Jackson

He resigned his seat in the U.S. Senate and sided with the Confederacy during the Civil war

A

He did not serve nearly 8 years. He was President for 6 years.

He did not resign his seat in the US Senate. Even though he was a Southerner he declared loyalty to the Union and held onto his Senate seat.

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7
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Who was President when the 15th Amendment was ratified?

A

US Grant
15th Amendment (All MALE citizens have the right to vote)
Ratified 1870

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Why was the Freedmen’s Bureau created?

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To help freed African Americans start new lives

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What is a scalawag?

A

Southerners that had supported the Union during the war and supported Republicans during Reconstruction (they were very unpopular in the South)

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Which Constititutional Amendment overturned the Dred Scott v Sanford Supreme Court Decision?

A

14th Amendment

The Dred Scott decision (considered by many to be the worst decision ever made by the Supreme Court) said that African Americans were not citizens but rather property of white men. The 14th amendment granted citizenship to all men regardless of color.

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How many African Americans were elected to office during the Reconstruction?

A

More than 600 to state legislatures and 16 to Congress (including 2 senators)

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Who were the 2 black senators elected during Reconstruction and what state did they (surprisingly) come from?

A

Hiram Revels & Blanche Bruce

Mississippi

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13
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Which state was the home state of “The Victor at Vicksburg?” Also what was his name?

A

Ohio, U.S. Grant

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14
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Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner led what political group?

A

Radical Republicans

They wanted the federal government to be much more involved in the Reconstruction and they wanted to be harder on pro Confederate southerners

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In what Supreme Court case did the court rule that segregation was constitutional?

A

Plessy v. Ferguson (“separate but equal”)

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What basically ended the Reconstrution period?

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Compromise of 1877

Gave the 1876 contested election to Republican Rutherford Hayes in exchange for the North removing all federal troops from the South.

Also Hayes said he would let the South deal with race relation problems themselves. No more pushing from the North to get them to treat former slaves fairly. Thanks Rutherford said no one ever.

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17
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A system in which landowners provided land, seeds, housing, and animals to get poor farmers started on a small plot of land.

A

Sharecropping

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18
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Which of these presidents were never elected to the presidency by the Electoral College?

Hayes

Johnson

Lincoln

Grant

A

Johnson (became president when Lincoln died)

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19
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The impeachment proceedings ________

A. began with a vote in the Senate, followed by a trial in the House of Representatives

B. gained national attention because of Johnson’s popularity with the Republicans

C. resulted in a failure to convict him, which further inreased his power as president and a second term in office

D. were carried out under the rules of the Constitution

A

D. were carried out under the rules of the Constitution

It can’t be A because they vote in the HOUSE and have the trial in the SENATE and not the other way around

It can’t be B because it was the Republicans that hated him and wanted him impeached because he wouldn’t force the 14th Amendment on the Southern states

It can’t be C because while they did fail to convict him, he was not popular and he didn’t run for another term

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20
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What was the test called that required men to prove they were able to read and write before voting?

A

Literacy Test

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What was the tax called that required people to pay a fee before voting?

A

Poll Tax

22
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What is the name of the terrorist organization that used violence and intimidation to prevent blacks from voting in the South?

A

Ku Klux Klan

23
Q

What is the name of the laws passed in the South that attempted to control freed men and women?

A

Black codes

24
Q

True or False: Redeemers believed in very limited Federal Government and cut budgets and taxes and eliminated public school and social programs

A

True

25
Q

Who was nicknamed “The Great Emancipator”

A

Abraham Lincoln

26
Q

Which President is associated with the Compromise of 1877?

A. Johnson
B. Grant
C. Hayes
D. Lincoln

A

Hayes.

Hayes took office as a result of this compromise. The Democrats gave up the election in exchange for all federal soldiers to be removed from southern states. This marked the end of the Reconstruction!!!

27
Q

What is the home state of the first President to die from assassination?

A

Kentucky

28
Q

President Johnson was impeached because he allegedly violated what act? What was the name of the man that he fired?

A

Tenure of Office Act (he was not allowed to fire or replace any members of his own cabinet), Edwin Stanton

29
Q

True or False: Laws aimed at controlling freed men and women were known as white codes.

A

False (black codes)

30
Q

During the presidential election of 1872, African American votes:

A. contributed to an overwhelming defeat of Rutherford Hayes

B. contributed to a landslide victory for Andrew Johnson

C. were not counted in northern states under threats from the KKK

D. helped Ulysses S. Grant and the “party of Lincoln” win a victory

A

D. helped Ulysses S. Grant and the “party of Lincoln” win a victory

The Republican party realized that allowing black people to vote would result in more votes for them so they pushed to create the 15th amendment in 1872 that allowed all MALE CITIZENS to vote

31
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After what event did Andrew Johnson take office and assume responsibility for the Reconstruction?

A

After Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth

32
Q

Who was the first president to be impeached

A

Andrew Johnson

33
Q

Which of the following are nicknames for Rutherford B Hayes (select all that apply)?

A. His Fraudulency

B. The Tailor from Tennessee

C. The Hero of Appomattox

D. The Great Emancipator

E. Rutherfraud

A

A. His Fraudulency

B. Rutherfraud

34
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Who was the only president to be elected to the Senate AFTER serving as president?

A

Andrew Johnson.

He went back to Tennessee and was shockingly elected to the Senate after being impeached

35
Q

What is the term for northern-born Republicans who moved down to the South after the Civil War?

A

Carpetbaggers

36
Q

What was the Wade Davis Bill?

A

Written by the Radical Republicans, it required that 50% of a state’s white males had to take a loyalty oath before the state could be let back in the union (much more strict than Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan)

37
Q

Put these presidents in order from oldest in time to most recent:

Grant
Hayes
Johnson
Lincoln

A

Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Hayes

38
Q

True or False: Poll taxes allowed more blacks to vote in the South

A

False (the pugs could have answered this question)

39
Q

Which of these presidents served two full terms in office?

Johnson
Grant
Lincoln
Hayes

A

Grant

Johnson only served 6 because he came in halfway through Lincoln’s second term
Lincoln was assassinated
Hayes only served one term. He didn’t run again after he was impeached

40
Q

Which President campaigned under the slogan “Let Us Have Peace?”

A

Grant

41
Q

True or False: Jim Crow laws were primarily used in the North to separate blacks and whites

A

False

42
Q

What did the Amnesty Act of 1872 do?

A

Allowed most former Confederates to hold public office

43
Q

Who was the first black man to serve in the US Senate

A

Hiram Revels

44
Q

True or False: Andrew Johnson was more popular than Lincoln and had a good relationship with Congress

A

False

45
Q

True or False: Grandfather clauses were laws passed by Republican controlled legislatures in the South that allowed more black men to exercise suffrage rights.

A

False

46
Q

True or False: The 14th Amendment cancelled debt accumulated by southern states in the Civil War

A

True. Adding this into the amendment was the only way to get southern states to agree to ratify this amendment that granted all men citizenship

47
Q

Which of the following are TRUE about Thaddeus Stevens (mark all that apply)

A. He opposed granting civil rights to black people
B. He served as VP under US Grant
C. He was a member of the Radical Republicans
D. He led the impeachment fight against Johnson

A

C &D. He was the leader of the Radical Republicans and as such he hated Johnson’s gentle treatment of the South and he wanted him impeached

48
Q

Who was the General that led the Army of the Potomac?

A

Grant

49
Q

“All persons born or naturalized in the US, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the US and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

This is a quotation from which amendment?

A

14th Amendment (passed in 1868)

50
Q

What was the last major piece of FEDERAL Reconstruction legislation?

A

15th Amendment, passed 1870

Just in time for African Americans to vote in the Election of 1872 and help to elect Grant!

51
Q

Who did US Grant defeat in the election of 1872?

A

Horace Greeley

52
Q

Why did Frederick Douglass align himself with the Radical Republicans as opposed to President Johnson?

A

Johnson did not want to give African Americans equal rights

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