Reconstruction time Frame
Who made the Rules for Reconstruction? What government?
President and Congress. US Government
What was James Buchanon's major political position that led the increased tensions between the North and South leading up to the Civil War.
Popular Sovereingty.
What does inflation do to cost of items?
It makes the cost increase, more money is needed to buy the same amount of goods.
What party was Lincoln a part of?
Republican
Where was President Johnson from?
Tennessee
Who was the leader of the Radical Republicans?
Thaddeus Stephens
What did the Black Codes do?
Made it to where African Americans could only be farmers or servants, could not vote, could not travel without a pass, or could not serve on a jury
Who was elected President after Johnson? This man was the Civil War general in Charge of the Union Army.
Ulysses S. Grant
Who is the Bishop of the Moon?
Bishop Noonan, The Bishop of Orlando
What does Reconstruction mean?
Rebuild
What Supreme Court raised tensions in the 1850s.
The Dred Scott Decision
What was the saying about Cotton in the south leading up to the Civil War?
Cotton is King
How did Lincoln gain national recognition?
Debating Stephen Douglas
What did Congress do to Johnson because of his vetos
Impeached him and almost removed him from office.
What Bill did Congress introduce that outlawed Black Codes.
Civil rights Act of 1866
How did Jim Crow laws limit African Americans right to vote, give both major items?
Poll taxes and literacy tests.
Why was Grant's presidency not good?
There were many scandals.
Define Carptbagger or scalawag
Carptbagger - Northerner that came down to the south during reconstruction
Scalawag - white southerner that supported the Republicans
What event did Reconstruction follow in American History?
The Civil War
What act of Congress made it legal for people to search for escaped slaves in the North and bring them south?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What major type of infrastructure repair was included in the Compromise of 1877?
Railroad
Who shot Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What did Johnson due to raise the ire (anger) of Congress? (2 things)
Vetoed many Reconstruction bills.
Pardoned Confederate leaders
What Bill did Congress pass to create a group to help supply necessities and education to freed slaves and poor whites.
The Freedman's Bureau
What terror group started during this time frame?
KKK
What are the three states that played the largest roll in the Compromise of 1877?
Louisiana, South Caroline, and Florida
What was the 14th Anmendment.
Equal Rights under the law.
With what event did Reconstruction end
The Compromise of 1877
Who led a raid on the arsenal in Harper's Ferry Virigina and fought in Bleeding Kansas?
John Brown
Why did the price of cotton drop?
Europe found supply elsewhere and so supply increased while demand did not. New supply had to be found because of the Northern Blockade.
What was the name of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction
10% plan
What did Johnson require in his Reconstruction plan?
1. Larger percentage of the state voter's had to take pledge of allegiance.
2. Renounce Succession
3. Support the 13th amendment
What did the Southern Homestead Act do?
Supplied 44 million acres of Land that could be given to freed slaves and southern whites.
What was the problems of The Southern Homestead Act?
The land was swampy and infertile and most people did not have the resources to work it.
Who became president because of the Compromise of 1877?
Rutherford B. Hayes
What was the 13th Amendment?
The end of slavery.
What were the years of Reconstruction?
1865-1877
What novel became extremely popular in the 1850s that showed slavery in an extremely negative light?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What crops were grown to replace cotton when the price dropped
Tobacco, Rice, sugar
What did the 10% plan require for a state to rejoin the Union?
10% of the states voters to take a pledge of allegiance
What did Johnson due to go back on the idea of "40 acres and a mule"?
Returned land to the previous owners after it was given to freed slaves by Sherman
How many military regions was the south Split into under the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867?
5
What type of farming kept people in debt for generations?
Sharecropping
What was the agreement for the Compromise of 1877?
Hayes became president. Reconstruction would end in the south and the federal government would help pay for railroad repair in the south.
What was the 15th Amendment?
All men could vote