Reconstructions And Civil Rights Flashcards
What did Johnson try to do about the Fourteenth Amendment?
He tries to veto the right to vote for African Americans in DC, which was passed by Congress.
Who was the founder of the KKK?
What did the KKK do at first?
Bedford Forrest
- KKK groups threaten “to kill the radicals (black or white)” and destroy the Republican Party.
Fourteenth Amendment
Requires states to extend equal citizenship to African Americans and all people born or naturalized in the US. If African Americans are denied the right to vote in a state, the state would receive fewer representatives in Congress.
What were Chinese immigrants not allowed to do?
Chinese immigrants were not allowed to bring their families to the United States.
Radical Republicans attempt to impeach Johnson
The House votes for impeachment, yet the Senate falls one vote short.
What does the KKK do in the South?
They ensue Race Riots where they burn schools and churches. Many are killed…
Who and when was the KKK formed?
In 1866 six former Confederate soldiers formed the Ku Klux Klan.
Who was elected President in 1868?
Popular War hero Ulysses S. Grant was elected president under the Radical Republican ticket.
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 guarantee? What did Johnson do to this act?
Everyone born in U.S is a citizen with full civil rights (except voting). Johnson tried to veto it but Congress overuses the veto.
Fifth-teen Amendment
In 1869 the 15th Amendment is passed guaranteeing that the right to vote cannot be denied based upon “race,color, or previous condition of servitude.” Women don’t receive it though.
What did Johnson do about the Freedman’s Bureau Bill ( an agency designed to protect and educate African Americans in South?
Johnson vetoes the Bill stating “ It was never intended that the Freedmen should be fed, clothed, educated, and sheltered by the United States”.
What did Congress pass to fight terrorism with military force?
The Enforcement Act
