Reconstruction Plans
Plan that required 10% of voters in a Confederate state to swear loyalty for readmission
Lincoln’s 10% Plan
President assassinated after the end of the Civil War before his Reconstruction plan could be executed.
Abraham Lincoln
Laws passed in Southern states to restrict the rights and movement of formerly enslaved people.
Constitutional amendment that banned slavery
13th amendment
Define Reconstruction.
Period of time from 1865-1877 after the Civil War focused on rebuilding, reintegrating the South, and providing rights to newly freed people
Andrew Johnson’s plan was very _______________ for Southern States and he favored quick restoration with pardons for many.
lenient
President after Lincoln’s assassination who approached the South with leniency after the Civil War.
Andrew Johnson
System where landowners provided land and supplies while workers paid rent with a share of the crop.
Sharecropping
Constitutional amendment that granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
14th amendment
Name important achievements of African Americans during Reconstruction
holding public office; establishing schools; political rights
Plan pushed by Congress that required stronger protections for former slaves and tougher requirements for Southern states.
Radical Reconstruction
This group constantly clashed with Andrew Johnson during Reconstruction
Radical Republicans/Congress
Agency established to help freedpeople with food, education, and legal support after the Civil War.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Constitutional amendment that prohibited denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
15th amendment
Give one achievement from Reconstruction and one failure.
Achievement-Amendments, Civil rights, education, jobs, politics , Radical Reconstruction
Failure- No protections, Southern loopholes/leniency, SharecroppingWhich Reconstruction plan best protected freed people?
Radical Reconstruction
Republican candidate who became president in 1877 as part of a deal ending Reconstruction.
Rutherford B Hayes
Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction, often to seek opportunity or help rebuild.
Carpetbaggers
Acts passed by Congress in 1867 outlining the conditions for Southern states to be readmitted; these created military districts.
Reconstruction Acts of 1867
How did Johnson’s approach differ from Congress’s Radical plan?
Johnson = lenient; Radical Congress = strict/protect rights
Why did Reconstruction end?
Democratic candidate in the disputed 1876 presidential election who lost the presidency after a compromise.
Samuel Tilden
Compromise that resulted in the removal of federal troops and the end of Reconstruction.
Compromise of 1877
1866 law that granted citizenship and equal rights to people born in the United States except Native Americans.
Civil Rights Act of 1866
What made the election of 1876 controversial?
Voter fraud, intimidation and violence in the South. Counts were questioned