Acts, Plans, and Codes
Who created the 10% plan?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the President during the Civil War and was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater?
Abraham Lincoln
What did the 13th amendment do?
Ended any form of involuntary servitude. (no more slavery)
Where was President Lincoln assassinated at?
Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C.
What did Lincoln do about the Wade-Davis plan?
Used a pocket veto
Which two men created the Wade-Davis plan? (first names)
Benjamin Wade and Henry Davis
Who was the President after Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
How many military districts was the South divided up into?
5
Where was Benjamin Wade from?
Ohio
What is the Reconstruction in your own words?
Readmission of the southern states following the Civil War.
Who created the 40 Acres and a Mule plan and what did he want to do to the South?
Thaddeus Stevens.
He wanted to divide the white men‘s land and wanted 51% of the southerners to take an oath before admittance.
Who proposed a plan that did not even make it pass Congress?
Thaddeus Stevens
What did the Tenure of Office Act do?
It requires Congress‘s approval if the president wants to remove someone they originally approved.
Where was Henry Davis from?
Maryland
Why did Lincoln set the bar so low to get back in the country?
He wanted to put the country back together as soon as possible.
What three things did the Freedmen’s Bureau Act do?
-Provided basic needs to recently enslaved and other people in need
-Provided jobs and education to recently enslaved
-Created black universities
Who was fired by President Johnson? He was the Secretary of War at the time?
Edwin Stanton
Which amendment provided suffrage to any former enslaved males?
15th
Where was Thaddeus Stevens from?
Pennsylvania
What was President Johnson‘s campaign against the 14th amendment called?
Swing Around the Circle
Which four things could the Freedmen not do according to the Black Codes?
-Serve on jury
-Vote
-Marry a white person
-Testify in court
Was Andrew Johnson a southerner or a northerner?
Southerner
What did the 14th amendment do?
Granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people and guaranteed equal protection under the law.
Where did the former slaves go to when Andrew Johnson became president?
Back to the plantations.
Who was the first president to get impeached?
Andrew Johnson