Misc. Government Actions
When a government official is formally charged with wrongdoing this is known as? This happened to President Andrew Johnson
impeachment
This government organization would provide food, housing, schooling, and medical supplies to newly freed slaves.
Freedman's Bureau
Discriminatory laws that were passed in the South to keep newly freed African Americans down would be known as?
Black Codes
Who had more naval tonnage?
The North
The anger and prejudice against new immigrants coming from Europe, especially non-protestants, would be known as
Nativism
This presidential action not only freed slaves in rebelling states but also gave the north a new purpose for fighting the war.
Emancipation Proclamation
This would be the name given to northerners who would go to the South during reconstruction to take advantage of political opportunities
Carpetbaggers
This political movement or group wanted to return political power to white democrats in the South.
Redeemer Democrats
Which side had more miles of Railroad
North
Who was the violent abolitionist who participated in Bleeding Kansas as well as the unsuccessful slave revolt at Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
The constitution of the confederacy was weak because it did what? (Similar to that of the Articles of Confederation at our nations beginnings)
Gave too much power to the Confederate States.
Who was the leader of the Radical Republicans during reconstruction who wanted rights for freedman?
Thaddeus Stevens
Jim Crow Era (Jim Crow Era laws)
Which Side had more population?
North
This former slave would sue for his freedom after traveling with his owner from a slave state to a free state. The Supreme court would rule that African Americans were not citizens, thus not being able to sue, and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
Dred Scott
This Supreme Court ruling stated that segregation was legal as long as equal facilities were provided, also known as "separate but equal."
Plessy vs Ferguson
What were the three goals of Reconstruction
Bring the seceded southern states back into the Union
End slavery and try to protect newly emancipated slaves
Rebuild the nation after more than 4 years of fighting
This labor system where workers farmed for a percentage of crops but would ultimately lead to a cycle of poverty for poor whites and African Americans in the south is known as?
Sharecropping
Which Side had the better military generals?
South
The book Uncle Tom's Cabin would depict slavery as a moral evil and inspire many northerners to join the abolitionist cuase in 1852, who was the author of the book?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
in Kansas and Nebraska, this major concept of government, where the people are allowed to vote on issues, would determine whether or not the territory would allow slavery after the Kansas and Nebraska act of 1854.
Popular Sovereignty
Explain the difference between Presidential reconstruction and Congressional reconstruction. (be able to determine which was punishing and which was not, the loyalty oath percentage, and what legislation they must ratify.
presidential-- quick and forgiving, 10%, 13th amendment
Congressional-- harsh and painful, 50%, 13th amendment
The election of 1876 would end in a tie that would lead to this compromise where Rutherford B. Hayes (republican) would get the presidency in exchange for the removal of Northern troops in the South. This compromise would effectively end reconstruction.
Which side had the greater value of exports
South
This escaped slave would become the publisher of the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star and would be an advocate for the abolition movement all throughout the north.