Reconstruction Test Flashcards
Homer Plessy brought a lawsuit that challenged the south’s ________________.
racial segregation laws
The South was broken into 5 different military districts during Military Reconstruction.
True
The _________ acts as the jury during the impeachment process.
Senate
Northerners who moved to the South to help or profit from Reconstruction.
carpetbaggers
Political party that nominated Rutherford B. Hayes for president in 1876.
Republicans
Political party that nominated Samuel Tilden for president in 1876.
Democrats
Blacks in the south who borrowed land, tools, and seed from whites and paid them with part of their crops.
sharecroppers
_______________ assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth
White southerners who were viewed as traitors for collaborating with northern Republicans during Reconstruction were called ____________.
scalawags
___________ was Lincoln’s vice president and he was also supposed to be assassinated.
Andrew Johnson
_____________ was Lincoln’s secretary of state who was attacked but managed to survive the attack.
William Seward
___________ were racist laws enacted by southern governments to control the movements of blacks.
black codes
Reconstruction lasted from 1865 until ___________.
1877
Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction, known as the ___________, went pretty easy on the South.
10% Plan
Lincoln vetoed the initial Radical Republican’s plan, which was known as the ________________. This plan called for punishing the South.
Wade Davis Bill
Under Johnson’s Plan, many former ______________ officials and soldiers were allowed to vote and hold office, which angered the Radical Republicans.
Confederate
The ____________ were upset when many former southern soldiers and officials were allowed to vote and hold office under President Johnson.
Radical Republicans
_________________ was when the North placed the military in the South in order to force the South to obey the Radical Republican’s rules.
Military Reconstruction Plan
One of the KKK’s goals was to end Reconstruction through intimidation and violence.
True
The KKK was the military wing of the Republican Party.
False
The KKK was founded by former Confederate soldiers.
True
Lincoln’s assassination occurred at Ford’s Theatre during a play.
True
Lincoln’s assassination was carried out by a famous American actor.
True
The goal of Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan was to punish the South and keep them from re-entering the U.S.
False
