The Presidents
Healing a Nation
Keeping the Old Ways
Radical Change
Reconstruction
100

True or False: Lincoln’s 10% Plan was;

“When 10% of the voting population in the 1860 election had taken an oath of loyalty and established a government, it would be recognized.

True

100

What was the panic of 1873?

Stock market collapse in Vienna, then in America

100

What is a Carpetbagger? 

Northern black people who migrated to the South

100

The political group that wanted the most drastic change during Reconstruction was?

Radical Republicans

100

Define Reconstruction

A period of rebuilding of relations between North/South, lasting from 1865-1877

200

Who became President in 1868?

US Grant

200

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Freed the slaves and made slavery illegal

200

The black codes were what?

System of intimidation to make Black people less than whites

200

Is impeachment the same as removing a sitting President?

No it is not

200

Why was Reconstruction needed in the South?

The South was destroyed

300

Who became President after the death of Abraham Lincoln?

Andrew Johnson

300

The 14th Amendment did what for freed black men?

  • Required each state to provide “Equal Protection” to all people w/in their jurisdiction
  • Prohibited states & local governments from depriving people of their rights w/o taking certain steps.
  • Overruled Dred Scott and provided a broad definition of citizenship to protect blacks.
300

Who would be the person that would be labeled a scalawag?

White Southerners who supported Reconstruction

300

The Wade-Davis Bill required what?

Required 50% of the number of 1860 voters to take an “iron clad” oath of allegiance (swearing they had never voluntarily aided the rebellion).

300

Who were Freedmen?

Southern Black People

400

Who became President after the Political Crisis of 1877?

Rutherford B. Hayes

400

What did the 15th Amendment do?

Protected peoples right to vote

400

Why was Johnson impeached? Was he removed from office?

He broke the law by firing people he didn't like. 

400

What was the Military Reconstruction Act?

Divide the 10 “unreconstructed states” into 5 military districts.

400

What was the “Lost Cause Myth?”

The South was the victim and the North was the bad guys in the Civil War

500

What was strange about the Election of 1872? 

First Time a Candidate Dies During the Campaign!

500

How high was the inflation levels in the South after the Civil War?

9,000%

500

True or false: The KKK rose out of the south to fight back against Reconstruction?

True

500

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1875?

  • It was a crime for any individual to deny full & equal use of public conveyances and
    public places.
500

Was Reconstruction a success or failure? Why?

It failed...

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