The Era Of Reconstruction + The Gilded Age (1865-90)

Question 1

How did population growth increase economic growth in the USA at this time?

Answer 1

• More cheaper labour to work in factories + produce more goods
• More consumers

Question 2

How much did the population grow in the years 1860 to 1880?

Answer 2

31.5 million to 50 million

Question 3

How did the civil war create an industrial growth?

Answer 3

• Stimulated demand fro manufactured goods like guns, clothing and transport.
• Provided financial infrastructure, government had a capital easing system in Wall Street.
• Introduction of tariffs reduced foreign competition

Question 4

When were the KKK founded?

Answer 4

1866

Question 5

What was the Colfax Massacre?

Answer 5

In 1873, a Republican won the governor race, in retaliation, white supremacists and KKK members killed around 69 - 100 white and black men.

Question 6

Did African - Americans have political power during the era of reconstruction?

Answer 6

They had some political power in the south initially (Carolina and Mississippi, where they won a majority) and there were also two black senators and 20 black representatives in Congress

Question 7

What were the economic effects of reconstruction?

Answer 7

• South benefitted from high cotton prices
• By 1870, average white southerner income had fallen 2/5 of that of an income of a northerner.

Question 8

What were the political effects of reconstruction?

Answer 8

• North did not appear to be harsh enough on the South.
• Carpetbagger (a Northerner in the South after the American Civil War usually seeking private gain under the Reconstruction governments) influence exaggerated, some were corrupt but most people were.
• South and lost political power and influence

Question 9

What was the compromise to end reconstruction?

Answer 9

Republican candidate, Rutherford Hayes, would win but remove troops from the south.

Question 10

When did reconstruction end?

Answer 10

1877

Question 11

What was the Whiskey Ring Scandal?

Answer 11

In 1875, group of politicians stole money from the government through taxes on whiskey

Question 12

When was Ulysses Grant made president?

Answer 12

1868

Question 13

Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?

Answer 13

Broke Tenure Office Act and fired Stanton, impeaching took place in 1868 by Senate, managed to stay in but lost credibility and effectiveness.

Question 14

What was the Tenure of Office Act?

Answer 14

1867, prevented Johnson removing host of office holders, tried to stop the removal of Secretary of State Edwin M. Stanton.

Question 15

What was the Civil Rights Bill 1866?

Answer 15

Passed by Congress to strengthen Freedman’s Buraeu, Johnson sided with Democrats and vetoed, but was overturned by Congress and passed.

Question 16

What were the Black Codes?

Answer 16

In 1865, new state legislations in the south which discriminated against African - Americans, making them unemployable and children were forced to pick cotton which prevented them from receiving an education.

Question 17

What was the Freedman’s Bureau?

Answer 17

Set up in March 1865, it was. US agency to help freed African - Americans in the south.

Question 18

What was the 15th Amendment?Pa

Answer 18

Passed by Congress in 1869, ratified in 1870, stopped state government denying right to vote on the grounds of race.

Question 19

What was the 14th Amendment?

Answer 19

Adopted in 1868 and addressed citizenship rights and equal protection law to former slaves.

Question 20

What was the 13th Amendment?

Answer 20

Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude expect fro punishment fro a crime, passed in Senate in 1864 and ratified in 1865.

Question 21

When did the Civil War end?

Answer 21

1865