Lincoln + Johnson
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached by the House of Represntatives?
He violated at law past by Congress which showed how he couldn't fire federal officials from office.
How did reconstruction the Compromise of 1877 help bring Reconstruction to an end
It helped Democrats agree to Hayes’s victory. federal troops removed from the south and funding giving to improve the South.
What did the 14th Amendment establish for people born or naturalized in the United States
citizenship
Why did many African Americans become trapped in debt under the sharecropping system
They didn’t have a lot of money so most of the crops went to landowners
What was the main purpose of the Freedom’s Bureau
to provide relief for freed slaves in the South
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
What were the main goals of the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction.
Wanted Federal governments to control reconstruction.
What did the 13th Amendment accomplish
Made slavery illegal throughout the US
What did the 15th Amendment give African American men
the right to vote
What is the Freedoms Bureau
A organization created after the Civil War to help enslaved people
Compare Lincoln's 10% plan with the Wade-Davis Bill
Lincolns plan-less strict
What was one major effect of the Panic of 1873 on Reconstruction
24% of railroads failed
What did the 15th amendment accomplish
the right to vote for African American men
How did Jim Crow laws and segregation affect African Americans
- Separated them from rights
- Tried making them feel less than other people
What did the Freedoms Bureau provide
It provided food, education, and helped people find jobs
How did the KKK challenge reconstruction
The KKK tried limiting and threatening African American rights.
How did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments together change African American rights
they gave them most of the same rights as everyone else
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 provide for African Americans
equal rights
Why what it so important
It helped African Americans adjust to the freedom they had and helped them find jobs and homes
What was reconstruction
The process of readmitting the former confederate states to the union
How did Black Codes limit the freedom of African Americans after the Civil War
- could get arrested
- similar working anditiony as slavery
- couldn’t own guns