Andrew Johnson + Reconstruction
What state was Andrew Johnson from?
Tennessee
Which Reconstruction amendment (13, 14 or 15) has become the most important provision in the Constitution for defining and enforcing civil rights?
14th
President Johnson was the ____ POTUS to be impeached in American history.
-1st
-2nd
-3rd
1st
No
Which industry was at the center of the Panic of 1873 that signaled the end of northern empathy with reconstructing the South?
-Banking
-Railroads
-Wall Street
Railroads
President Johnson had a....
-wealthy and educated childhood
-poor and illiterate childhood
Poor and illiterate
To combat Radical Republicans in the Congressional elections of 1866, President Johnson created a *new* political party called....
-National Union Party
-National Unification Party
National Union Party
The law President Johnson broke that triggered his impeachment hearings was called...
-The Tenure of Office Act
-The Political Service Act
Tenure of Office Act
The word that often is attributed to Grant's time as President is...
-Great
-Corruption
-Reconciliation
Corruption
What was the propaganda term used by Democrats and Liberal Republicans to decry the use of military oversight in the 5 reconstruction districts in the South?
-Soldier Rule
-Bayonet Rule
-Rifle Rule
Bayonet Rule
Radical Republicans saw _____ as "quasi-slavery"?
-sharecropping
-black codes
Black Codes
Blacks and their white allies organized ______ Leagues to inform and mobilize the new black voters into the Republican Party.
-Negro
-Union
Union Leagues
The Constitution allows for the removal of a President if convicted of "treason, bribery, or other high ______ and misdemeanors."
Crimes
The move to eliminate special privilege and unqualified people from government offices is called _______.
Public Service Reform
Civil Service Reform
Civil Service Reform
By 1875, only ____ southern states remained under Republican control thanks to the growth of the KKK, White Leagues, Rifle Clubs and Red Shirts.
-3
-4
-5
4
Who was put in charge of the Freedmen's Bureau?
-General William T. Sherman
-General Oliver O. Howard
General Oliver O. Howard
By September 1867 the 10 southern states under martial law had ________ registered black voters.
-735,000
-804,000
President Johnson escaped conviction by _____ vote(s).
-1
-5
-10
1
What was Grant's campaign slogan in 1868?
-Let us trust again
-Let us have peace
-Let us start anew
Let us have peace
The process of keeping black voters away from the polls in the 1876 POTUS Election has come to be known as ....
-Disenfranchisement
-Bulldozing
-Suffrage Bullying
Bulldozing
President Johnson's _______ Proclamation and issuances of pardons restored most of the confiscated property to pardoned ex-Confederates.
-Amnesty
-Reconciliation
Amnesty
Which amendment did ex-Confederate states have to ratify before being able to rejoin the Union?
14th
State Constitutional conventions were held all throughout the South in the winter of 1867-1868. Which state's convention was the only one to be primarily attended by blacks?
-Alabama
-Mississippi
-South Carolina
South Carolina
The propaganda term harnessed by Southern Democrats to combat the growing number of freedmen serving in political office was ....
-Terror Rule
-Scalawag Rule
-Negro Rule
-Black Rule
Negro Rule
Rutherford B. Hayes essentially won the disputed 1876 Election by promising to...
-Remove federal troops from the South
-Campaign in the South for "separate but equal" facilities for the two races
Remove federal troops from the South