Unit 5 Flashcards
What was the name of Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction in the South after the war?
The 10 Percent Plan
What was the name of the group that favored a much stricter form of reconstruction than what Lincoln proposed?
Radical Republicans
What was the name of the agency that was tasked with helping former slaves and refugees?
Freedman’s Bureau of Relief
Was the Freedman’s Bureau of Relief successful with their mission?
No
An economic farming system in which laborers leased the land from a landlord in exchange for a share of the crops that grew.
Sharecropping
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th amendment
Which amendment gives the right to vote for all males?
15th amendment
Which amendment gives citizenship to all people who are born in the U.S. or reside there?
14th amendment
Why was President Johnson impeached by the Radical Republicans?
On the charge that he violated the Tenure of Office Act by firing Stanton
True or False The Panic of 1873 was the first great depression in America.
True
What restricted black people’s right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land?
Black codes
True or False The purpose of the black codes was to enforce racial segregation.
True
True or False The Compromise of 1877 allowed for for the withdrawal of all Union troops from the South.
True
True or False The Radical Republican’s agenda in Congress worked well with President Lincoln’s agenda.
False
Why did the Panic of 1873 occur?
1) A struggle over the nation’s currency
2) The stock market crash
What was the name of the nation’s currency?
Greenbacks
What were the 3 amendments to the Civil Rights Act?
13th, 14th and 15th amendments
What was the name of the financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and America?
The Panic of 1873
What settled the presidential election between Democratic candidate Samuel Tilden and Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes?
Compromise of 1877
What was the legislation that imposed military occupation of the South, like an army of a conquering nation occupying a defeated foe?
Reconstruction Act of 1867
