Early Reconstruction
Who was the President during Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
True or False: African Americans were elected to public office in the 1870's
True
How did Reconstruction officially end?
Rutherford B. Hayes agreed to become the president in exchange for taking federal troops out of the South
What was the ruling of the U.S vs. Susan B. Anthony?
The 14th & 15th Amendments do not grant women the right to vote
What was the time period of Reconstruction?
1865-1877
What is the 13th Amendment?
Abolished slavery in all of the United States
What did Jim Crow laws do?
Legalized segregation in the United States
What was the Homestead Act?
The government gave people land to promote westward settlement and expansion
Lincoln proposed a 10% plan for his Reconstruction plan. What does that mean?
10% of voters in the election of 1860 had to agree to swear allegiance to the Union
What is the 14th Amendment?
Everyone born in the United States is a citizen and have equal protection under the law
What is 1 difference between Black Codes & Jim Crow Laws?
1. Black Codes only really applied to Southern States, while Jim Crow Laws applied everywhere.
2. Black Codes limited freedoms, while Jim Crow laws segregated people
What was the Pacific Railway Act?
Act passed by Congress to create a transcontinental railroad
Why were Radical Republicans angry at Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan?
They wanted to destroy any political power of former slaveholders & wanted African Americans to have full citizenship & the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
The right to vote cannot be taken away based on race, color, or previous conditions of servitude
How long did Jim Crow Laws last?
Until the Civil Rights movement of the 1950's & 1960's
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Restricted Chinese immigration to the United States
True or False: Andrew Johnson's plan was completely different from Lincoln's.
False
What did the Black Codes do?
Laid out what newly freed African Americans could and could not do in Southern states
What was the ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson?
"Separate but equal" doctrine. Segregation is legal, as long as facilities are equal
What was the Dawes Act?
allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands & move natives to reservations to assimilate them into American culture