Reconstruction
Explain what the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau was.
A government program created in 1865 to help manage and assist newly emancipated slaves. The bureau provided assistance in the form of food, shelter, and medical attention to African Americans. Eventually, the bureau would establish schools across the South to help educate large numbers of former slaves. The Freedman’s Bureau struggled as Congress refused to increase its funding, which expired in 1872.
Nickname for an influx of immigrants to California in 1849 seeking riches in the gold rush. A number of immigrants were Chinese.
49-ers
Commander of the Confederate Army.
Double Points: Name the location of his surrender to General Grant at the end of the Civil War
Robert E. Lee
Appamatox Courthouse
Term for Northerners who packed their stuff and moved South to help newly freed African Americans; many Southerners felt they were greedy and just came to gain money and fame.
Carpetbaggers
What fruit comes in Navel and Blood variety?
Oranges
Explain Lincoln's "10% Plan" for Reconstruction. What did it require?
Required at least 10% of the states voters to swear an oath of loyalty to the US to be let back into the country
The first battle of the Civil War, the battle took place on Juli 21, 1861 near Manassas Junction, Virginia. It is named for the stream that ran nearby the battle site
Bull Run
An abolitionist who believed that arming slaves was the only way to get rid of slavery. He first became famous for leading a small band of fighters in Bleeding Kansas, killing several proslavery supporters. In 1859, he led a raid on Harpers Ferry, intending to takes its weapons to equip slaves on nearby plantations.
John Brown
Term Southern Democrats used to describe Souther Republicans who supported Reconstruction.
Scalawags
What is the middle part of an atom called?
Nucleus
Explain what sharecropping is and how it led to debt peonage for freedman in the South.
Leased land and paid back owner with portion of their crops
Made it so many could not pay the owner and feed their families
Created a cycle of poverty that many Southern Black families remained in until as late as the 1960’s
Two ironclad warships which fought off the Virginia coast. The first belonged to the Union and the second was the union's, but was seized by the confederacy. The battle of the two ships is regarded as a transformation of naval warfare. (must know both)
Nineteenth President. Served 1877–1881. While a Civil War veteran and a Republican, he ended Reconstruction as part of the Compromise of 1877 to resolve the disputed 1876 election.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Term for former slaves who moved to Kansas in 1878-1880; believed their “promised land” was somewhere out west
Exodusters
Which country consists of the 4 main islands, Honshu Hokkaido Shikoku & Kyushu?
Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached?
He broke Tenure of Office act which says you can't fire a federal employee without the consent of the Senate
During the war, Lincoln suspended these rights for everyone living between Washington D.C. and Philadelphia in order to ensure the loyalty of Maryland, which surrounded the capital. He did this repeatedly throughout the war, allowing people to be arrested on suspicion, expanding presidential powers during times of war.
Habeas Corpus (show me the body)
Ninth President. Served from March 4 to April 4, 1841, famously dying after 31 days in office. A hero of the War of 1812, his “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too” ticket easily defeated Van Buren in 1840. However, he gave his Inaugural Address on a cold, rainy day and neglected to wear a warm coat. He contracted pneumonia and died.
William Henry Harrison
a political movement that sought to return control of the former Confederacy to white Southerners
Redeemers
Which Scandinavian nation has a yellow cross on its flag?
Sweden
In July of 1864, this bill explained that southern states can only re enter the Union if most white male citizens took part of a new government, a loyalty oath was taken, and that all officers of higher ranking were not looked at as citizens. It was vetoed by Lincoln.
Wade-Davis Bill
An 1853 treaty between the U.S. and Mexico. It was ratified in 1854. The treaty resolved a border issue lingering from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In exchange for $10 million, the U.S. purchased a chunk of modern-day Arizona and a small portion of southwest New Mexico.
Gadsden Purchase---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn2FzuPyFlY
A radical abolitionist New York senator (1849–1861). He argued that slavery should be banned on moral grounds. Initially a Whig, he joined the Republican Party in 1855. He served as Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869. He masterminded the purchase of Alaska in 1867
William Seward
In your own words, explain what the Compromise of 1877 was.
Hayes was running against Samuel Tilden, a Democrat from NY
Tilden won the popular vote, but lost the election
The compromise was the deal that resolved this hung election
Hayes became president
But he had to remove the last federal troops in SC, FL and LA
Ended martial law and the end of Reconstruction
Who was the first president to be born a U.S. citizen?
Martin Van Buren