RECONSTRUCTION YAY Flashcards
Why did freedman change their names?👳
So that people don’t think that they where slaves and so they could make a new life
Why did the majority of congress disagree with Thaddeus Stevens’ plan to break up the South’s large plantations, thereby giving the freedmen “40 Acres and maybe a mule” 🐃
They thought that taking planters land without paying was a Violation of the constitution 🚫🚫🚫
What three purposes did the black codes serve?
- ) To spell out the rights of freedmen giving them rights 👍
- ) Help planters find workers replacing slaves
- ) Keep freedmen at the bottom of the social order in the south
How did president Johnson’s Reconstruction plan contribute to the passage of the black codes??
He didn’t want the blacks to be equal to the white men
When did President Johnson think the reconstruction was over?
At the end of 1865
When did the congressional republicans think the reconstruction would be over?
When freedmen were granted full rights as a citizen
How do we know that congress had more support than the president when it came to reconstruction???
When the president vetoed the law, the congress was super angry and overrode his vote.
How did the results of the 1866 midterm elections help congressional reconstruction?
Republican canidates won 2/3rds majority in both houses of congress in the 1866 election
What vital aspect of military Reconstruction assured that its policies would be carried out?
Johnson’s reconstruction plan was declared illegal
Why was president Johnson impeached by congress?
Most of the people where republicans and they did not like the reconstruction so no one was on johnsons side.
Under Military Reconstruction assured that its policies would be carried out?
Southerners that supported the confederacy could not vote.
What did president Johnson say to radical republicans who wanted freedman ( free slaves) 👳 to have the right to vote??
White men 👱 alone must manage the south 👉
What is reconstruction
Fixing something that needs help
They wanted to fix America and the union, they wanted to bring the south back to the Union.
What varieties of Reconstruction were there?????
Johnson’s reconstruction, Militaries reconstruction act
Who are the major Players and their part in reconstruction?
A. Lincoln : A. Johnson : created the Johnsons reconstruction plan "white men alone must manage the south" Thaddeus Stevens : U. Grant : R. Hayes :
