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Which of the political parties wanted "as peaceful a resolution as possible"
Lincoln's Republicans
Explain the 13th Amendment
Abolish slavery
How did the South change after the Civil War and Reconstruction?
Still mostly agriculture, sharecropping was "similar" to slavery, KKK and other groups still terrorized freed slaves
Was Johnson impeached and was he convicted?
Yes - impeached
No - convicted
Why did the Republicans push for Constitutional amendments instead of just national laws?
Constitutional amendments are nearly impossible to remove once in place
The practice of keeping your workers on the plantation, but not giving them enough money from the crops to leave.
Sharecropping
What happened to most freed slaves and poor white farmers after the Civil War?
They returned to the plantations to be sharecroppers
Explain the 15th amendment
You can vote regardless of race, color or ethnicity
"No state shall deprive the right to vote based on..."
What major shift for the freed slaves occurred after the Civil War that was not economic or political?
They were allowed to practice their religion openly
The idea that the Southern governments were controlled by the free slaves
Black Republicanism
What made the KKK so hard to deal with?
The fact you didn't know who was in the KKK, and they could be in the government as well
Provide an example of both a Black Code and a Jim Crow Law.
Answers may vary
Example - Black Code - can't own a gun
Jim Crow - can't marry another race or ethnicity outside your own
What did Radical Republicans want and why?
Punish the South for the war
Give freed slaves rights for equal treatment
List the 3 barriers to equality faced by freed slaves and provide an example or reason for each
Political - literacy tests and KKK
Economic - not enough money to start out
Education - never been educated for the most part
What do historians consider to be the "Compromise of 1877" after neither presiential candidate secured enough electoral votes to win?
What did the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 do and why?
Divided the South into regions controlled by the Northern Army and to protect freed slaves rights
How did the Panic of 1873 contribute to the end of Reconstruction?
It caused a mass recession that people blamed Republicans for
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
He fired the Secretary of War without permission from the Senate
He violated the Tenure of Office Act
What did the 14th amendment do in terms of Black Codes?
It outlawed them, but allowed for Jim Crow Laws
Everyone was made citizens except Native Americans
Congress had to override Johnson's veto to get it
Explain at least 2 key reasons as to why Reconstruction started to slow down and eventually end
Examples:
Expensive, not caring anymore, scandals, corruption, lack of success
Provide 2 pros and 2 cons for the implementation of Black Republicanism
Pros - education and participation in government (though there are more)
Cons - KKK will form, very expensive
Explain the argument made by Southerners about the Lost Cause
In short, the war was not about keeping slaves, but saving their culture and way of life
The government was stepping on their freedoms
What 3 laws (enforcement acts) did the national government pass to try and fight the KKK?
Outlaw KKK actions
Federal supervision of polling places
Federal crime to interfere with elections