Wartime Reconstruction
Lincoln's plan for reconstruction: In any state where the number of white males aged 21 or older who took this oath equaled ______ percent of the number of voters in 1860, that nucleus could reestablish a state government to which Lincoln promised presidential recognition.
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 50%
A) 10%
Andrew Johnson, although a Democrat, was the only __________ from a seceding state who refused to support the Confederacy. For this stance, the Republicans rewarded him with the vice presidential nomination.
A) Senator
B) Governor
C) Representative
A) Senator
A major issue for Grant was civil service reform...an attempt to clean up the "______ system" in DC where unqualified friends/supporters are put into jobs they are not qualified to do.
Spoils
What was the pejorative term that occupied Southern areas had for their post-war situation?
A) Bayonet rule
B) Rifle rule
C) Canon rule
Enfranchise
A) To forgive past legal wrongs
B) To give the right to vote
B) To give the right to vote
______ Republicans, led by Thaddeus Stevens in the House and Charles Sumner in the Senate, distrusted oaths of allegiance sworn by ex-Confederates.
Radical
Johnson’s initial Reconstruction policy was clear: He would exclude both blacks and ______-class whites from the reconstruction process.
A) Upper
B) Lower
A) Upper
Which post-war violent movement did Grant actively attempt to squash during his first term at President?
The infamous __________ Plan of 1875 involved persuading Republicans to vote Democrat and to intimidate black voters.
A) Mississippi
B) Georgia
C) Louisiana
A) Mississippi
Scalawag
-Northern Republican who moved South during Reconstruction to "take advantage of" the chaos of the time
-Southern Republican seen as a traitor to the Democratic/ex-Confederate cause
-Southern Republican seen as a traitor to the Democratic/ex-Confederate cause
The Wade-Davis bill (did/did not) enfranchise blacks, and it did impose such stringent loyalty requirements on southern whites that few of them could take the required oath. Lincoln therefore vetoed it.
Did Not
In an alarming move to the Northern victors, Reconstructed states returned _______ former Confederate generals/colonels/leaders (including CSA VP Stephens) to the US Congress.
A) 10
B) 25
C) 45
B) 25
Grant's Sec of State negotiated the Treaty of Washington in 1871 to settle the vexing ________ claims. These were damage claims against Britain for the destruction of American shipping by the C.S.S. _________ and other Confederate commerce raiders built in British shipyards.
A) Alabama
B) Florida
A) Alabama
What caused a cooling of Reconstruction fervor in the North during Grant's second term?
A) A immigration influx
B) A financial crisis
C) Post Civil War Indian Conflicts
B) A financial crisis
A) Organized to inform and mobilize new black voters into the Republican Party
B) Organized to inform and mobilize ex-Confederates into the various terrorism clans popping up in this era
A) Organized to inform and mobilize new black voters into the Republican Party
In 1862, Lincoln encouraged freedpeople to emigrate to all-black countries such as _______, where they would have a chance to get ahead without having to face the racism of whites.
Haiti
Johnson vetoed 29 Congressional measures (a record at that time) and Congress overturned _____ of his vetoes.
A) 8
B) 15
C) 23
B) 15
Famously, Grant's campaign slogan in 1868 was "Let us have ______".
Peace
During the Grant Administration, the Supreme Court consistently ruled (in favor/not in favor) of advancing the cause of civil rights for African Americans.
Not in favor
Impeachment
A) Public official being put on trial for "Treason, Bribery or other High Crimes + Misdemeanors"
B) Public official being removed from office for "Treason, Bribery or other High Crimes + Misdemeanors"
B) Public official being removed from office for "Treason, Bribery or other High Crimes + Misdemeanors"
What was the first southern state to reorganize (before the war was even over) under Lincoln's moderate plan but did not provide as many civil rights to African Americans as some in Congress hoped they would?
A) Tennessee
B) Louisiana
C) Arkansas
Louisiana
Johnson was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act. Which branch of Congress serves the impeachment orders and which branch conducts the trial?
House serves the orders, the Senate conducts the trial
In the Reconstruction era, which southern state was the only one where African Americans were not a minority?
South Carolina
The Compromise of 1877 settled the disputed election of 1876 and gave ______ the White House.
A) Garfield
B) Arthur
C) Hayes
C) Hayes
Filibuster
A) The Senate tradition of unlimited debate and used in protest and a delay tactic
B) Appropriating of federal funds to state projects deemed in the best interest for the nation as a whole
A) The Senate tradition of unlimited debate and used in protest and a delay tactic