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Was Abraham Lincoln for or against Reconstruction?
For Reconstruction
He passed things like the Proclamation of Amnesty to help.
A belief held by many in the south that viewed Black Americans as lesser and undeserving of the same rights as White Americans. Stemming from the general concept of racism, it viewed the white race as above all others.
White Supremacy
True or False: due to Johnson’s new Reconstruction plan many former Confederate leaders were prohibited to hold seats in office again.
False
The most prominent "secret" society formed by White people to intimidate Black people and white reformers was the:
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Which political party was generally against reconstruction?
Democratic
In response to the KKK and to protect the civil rights of citizens, congress passed the:
The compromise of 1877 was an act that:
Allowed Rutherford B Hayes to become president
Hayes fulfilled his end and withdrew all troops protecting African Americans and Other Republicans as well as supporting the construction of a Southern transcontinental railroad.
Lincoln's Last public address encouraged Northerners to:
Accept Louisiana as a reconstructed state
How many of the new state constitutions in the south gave African-Americans the right to vote?
Zero.
True or False?: Sharecropping is the process by which a landlord provides the necessary seed and farming equipment in return for about half of the harvest
How many of the 11 ex-confederate states qualified under the president's Reconstruction plan to become part of the union?
All 11
What happened during the election of 1876 that led to the compromise of 1877?
While the Democrats won the popular vote, disputed votes in three southern states led to the creation of a special committee who gave all the votes to Hayes, the Republican candidate. The Democrats threatened to filibuster the results and take the election to the House of Representatives (controlled by them)
True or False: African Americans could not testify in court.
False! While they were not permitted to testify against any white people in court, African Americans could still testify against eachother.
Was sharecropping an effective solution for both White landowners and recently freed African Americans?
No. While landowners benefited, African Americans still remained mostly dependent on landowners or owed debt to merchants, and Sharecropping became essentially its own form of servitude.
How many days after his last public address was Lincoln assassinated?
3 days
Who were the two presidential candidates in the election of 1876?
Rutherford B. Hayes -- Republican
Samuel J. Tilden -- Democrat
The leader of the Klu Klux Klan
Nathaniel Bedfored Forrest
DAILY DOUBLE !! FOR DOUBLE POINTS !!
Name 3 reasons why reconstruction failed in the south
- Violent acts from citizens in the south ( Lynching, Gangs, Vandalization, Murder, and other hate crimes )
- Andrew Johnson and his tolerant acts towards former civil war leaders attempting to reclaim their government positions
- The federal government left the south and was unable to sufficiently enforce the law
- Attention eventually left reconstruction and moved westward to the industrial revolution. People became bored of Reconstruction and moved on.
- Sharecropping, while helping newly freed Black Americans, was an exploitative system that mainly benefited White American Landowners.
Sharecropping was created in response to:
White landowners attempting to force freed African Americans into signing contracts that forced them into almost permanent and unrestricted labor.
It also was an alternate solution to the South's loss of their compulsory labor force.
Give 2 examples of Black Codes
Black Americans could not:
- rent or buy land
- borrow money to rent or buy land
- testify against White Americans in court
They also had to sign exploitative labor contracts in order to find work in most scenarios