plans for reconstruction
what was congress's the goal for reconstruction?
repair damage to the south and reunite southern states + freedman
lost their source of wealth and land til redistributed by the government
what did the freedmen's bureau do?
helped former slaves
provided food, shelter, schools, medical, legal help
What was the KKK?
Goal was to deny African-Americans their rights and keep them in the role of submissive laborers, used violence against freedman
What resulted from tension with Congress/Johnson
Johnson's impeachment
what was the 10% plan?
once 10% of voters from 1860 took an oath of allegiance to the US, the state could form a new government
upset that they were now competeing w/freedman for jobs
felt social status lost
some moved west
how was Johnson v. Congress relavant?
AJ vetoed the Civil Rights Act + Vetoed Freedman’s Bureau
Both overridden by Congress
why was sharecropping popular?
only job for freedmen, put them in perpetial debt, maintained slavery conditions
what's the definition of impeachment?
to accuse of wrongdoing and bring to trial
how did lincoln plan to help the freedman?
he did not mention any help to the freedman
who were scalawags?
name democrats gave to white southern republicans
what were the consitutional amendment put in place during reconstruction?
13: Abolished Slavery, 1865
14: Citizenship for all born in US, 1868
15: Cannot disenfranchise based on race, 1870
what was black disenfranchisement?
prevnting freedman from voting using
poll taxes, grandfather laws
literacy tests
threats of violence
is the president removed from office when impeached?
no
johnson's plan stated the south must accept the 13th ammendment, what was the amendment? why?
abloishment of slavery, south wouldn't induce slavery-like conditions on black workers
who were carpetbaggers?
northeners who moved help to help reconstruction, southeners belived they were trying to take advantage
how did Wade-Davis Bill change reconstruction plan?
leaving plan up to Congress, not the president
what were black codes?
Limited jobs to only unskilled labor
Set curfews
Beginnings of segregation
what is the tenure of office?
President could not fire officials without Senate approval
who proposed the reconstuction act of 1867?
congress
many homeless, uneducated, illiterate
Whom did Johnson synthesize with?
poor white southeners
How Southener propaganda sterotype freedman?
as lazy, using resouces from the government at the expense of white southener's labor
aftermath of johnson's impeachment?
Johnson continued to veto Reconstruction bills, but Congress had the numbers to outvote him