Important Legislation
This Act would give the Freedmen, citizenship, property ownership, and equal representation in a court of law.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
He was president of the United States during the Civil War and he was the Vice President.
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
This process turned a wartime economy to a peacetime economy
What is demobilization?
This amendment was passed during the civil war and freed the slaves
What is the 13th amendment?
A small group of republicans formed this and controlled the government.
What is an Oligarchy?
This bill was vetoed by President Lincoln, designed to punish the South.
What is the Wade-Davis Act?
These men led the Radical Republicans
Who were Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens?
The North faced these three problems after the war.
What is high unemployment, social problems, and political corruption?
This amendment gave the Freedmen citizenship and due process under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This group of senators were angry at the South and blamed the South for starting the war
Who were the Radical Republicans?
This was the first federal govt. agency, created to help the Freedmen, ended helping everyone.
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
He was a Southern Democrat with no political power, stubborn, with a 6th grade education
Who is President Andrew Johnson?
This economic development trapped the white landowner and Freedmen to the land.
What is Sharecropping?
These informal social rules were designed to keep Freedmen down socially and economically, later became known as Jim Crow Laws.
What are Black Codes?
An important reason for the Civil War besides slavery.
What was States-Rights vs. Federalism?
This plan was based on Lincoln's belief that once a state, always a state
What is the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction?
This forced President Johnson to get senate approval to hire or fire anyone
What is the Tenure of Office Act?
They toured the South witnessed the total devastation, murder, and arson
Who was the Committee of 15?
Complete pardon of all rebels, return property to ex-confederates, and confederate leaders would be in charge of Reconstruction
What is Johnson's plan for Reconstruction called the New Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction?
This group of senators became even more radical than the Radical Republicans
What are the Moderate Republicans?
These Acts made the South a conquered province
What are the Military Reconstruction Acts?
He was an advocate for States-Rights and was against secession.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Corruption at every level was run by these in both parties
What is a political machine?
This allowed for African Americans to equal access to hotels, restaurants, and public transportation
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1875?
The major impact of Lincoln's assassination on the South was this.
The Radical Republicans were in charge of Reconstruction.