Recovery
After the Civil War, which side had the larger burden to with regards to destroyed cities and farms?
the South
What type of southerner was most threatened by freedmen?
Explain the 14th Amendment.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to anyone born in the United States or who became a citizen of the country. This included African Americans and slaves who had been freed after the American Civil War.
How did railroad companies change the environment?
They blasted through mountains and cut down forests.
True or False: Most children who worked in factories also attended school.
False. Most children who worked in factories did not attend school.
After the Civil War, this side had less economic problems.
The North
What was the purpose of the 13th Amendment?
What is a freedmen?
Newly freed formerly enslaved African Americans.
What was the Dawes Act?
An attempt to turn American Indians into farmers by giving them their own land.
True or False: When President Lincoln was assassinated the nation quickly rebounded and started implementing Reconstruction plans.
False. When Lincoln was killed the nation was in a precarious position. The Civil War had just ended and the path to rebuild the nation was not clear. No one knew what would happen.
What did most white southerners think of scalawags?
They thought they were traitors.
What was the purpose of the grandfather clause?
to attempt to prevent freedmen from voting.
Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached?
for attempting to limit the power of Radical Republican legislation.
What was the biggest benefit of the transcontinental railroad?
It opened up the west to further development and economic growth as a nation.
Who created the Standard Oil Company?
John D. Rockefeller
True or False. The railroads were the most available way to travel after the Civil War in the South?
Was the 15th Amendment more important to African American men in the North or South? Why?
It was more important in North, because in some areas African American men did not have the right to vote. In the South African American men were already voting at this time, because of federal troops maintaining their rights.
Explain the Compromise of 1877.
An agreement to support the commission’s decision of Hayes becoming president in return for a promise by Hayes to end Reconstruction
Why were there vigilante groups in the West?
There was a lack of law in these early developing areas and citizens took matters into their own hands, delivering their version of justice.
How did the Standard Oil Company defeat their competition?
By lowering their prices.
False: The 15th Amendment officially gave African American men the right to vote, however white southerners immediately started implementing other methods to disenfranchise AA men.
Hiram Rhodes Revels
What were the two main goals of Radical Republicans?
They wanted to break the power of wealthy planters who had long ruled the South.
They wanted to ensure that freedmen received the right to vote.
How did the U.S. government handle their treaties with American Indian groups?
The U.S. government repeatedly broke their treaties and forced American Indian groups to sign new treaties further limiting their land and rights.
What is a free market?
Individual business owners set prices and compete for business, the government is not involved.