Pre-Reconstruction
What was the primary goal of Lincoln's 10% Plan for Reconstruction?
Reunite the Union as quickly as possible
What laws were passed in the South during Reconstruction that greatly limited the rights of African Americans?
Black Codes
Ku Klux Klan
Ulysses S. Grant
DAILY DOUBLE!! (double points - 400)
Describe the difference between a carpetbagger and a scalawag.
Carpetbagger - Someone from the North who moved to the South to make money
Scalawag - Someone from the South who supported the North
Describe sharecropping.
This was a system where many former slaves would work on a small piece of land owned by someone else, in exchange for giving half of their crops to them. It was similar to slavery in many ways and led to a cycle of poverty and debt.
Abraham Lincoln's vice president
Andrew Johnson
Name something that made Radical Republicans' plan for Reconstruction unique from both Lincoln's and Johnson's.
Multiple answers accepted: military districts, rights for African Americans, more government intervention, etc.
What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?
To help former slaves with education, jobs, and housing.
Describe one success and one failure of Reconstruction.
Successes: Reconstruction Amendments, Freedmen's Bureau, US becoming whole country again
Failures: Rise of sharecropping, black Codes, KKK
impeachment
Describe a similarity between Johnson's and Lincoln's plans.
Neither had more rights for African Americans other than abolishing slavery.
Both were relatively lenient on the South, no punishment.
Johnson was impeached because Congress claimed he violated the Tenure of Office Act, which stated that he could not fire people previously appointed by the President without Senate approval. He was not convicted/removed from office.
Who won the Election of 1876 thanks to an unwritten deal between Democrats and Republicans?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Tenure of Office Act
What was the name of the bill that Radical Republicans tried to pass that basically changed Lincoln's plan to require 50% loyalty rather than 10%? It never went into effect because it was vetoed by Lincoln.
List the Reconstruction Amendments and what they changed.
13th - Slavery is outlawed in the US (FREE)
14th - Citizenship granted to all born in the US including African Americans (CITIZENS)
15th - All men have the right to vote (VOTE)
This is what officially "ended" Reconstruction in the South by removing federal troops - allowing many Southern governments to revert back to some of their old ways.
Hiram Revels was the 1st....?
African American Senator