Building a new nation
Shay's Rebellion reveals to us WHAT kinds of weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?
- Unfair taxes make people mad! (Mass state tax, no fed)
- No army to fight back!
The President that wins the 1876 election
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
Confederate general during the Civil War
Who is Robert E. Lee?
What percentage of southern voters did Lincoln require to "take an oath" of allegiance to re-enter the Union? (it's the name of his plan)
What is 10%
Laws passed in the South to prohibit the rights and freedoms of Black americans.
What are Black Codes
What powers did congress have under the AoC?
- Declare war
- manage western land
The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The name of the famous building in Washington D.C. where Lincoln was assassinated
What is Ford's Theater?
This fine, chilled delicacy was consumed by your teacher at approx. 11:00 pm last night, resulting in a stomach ache
What is Chocolate Milk (Kroger Brand iykyk)
The name of the farming system that often kept Freedspeople in debt
What is Sharecropping?
Which branch of government enforces the laws?
What is the Executive Branch
The name of the Union general who later became president after the war?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The name of the NORTH during the War
What is the Union?
TRUE OR FALSE: Andrew Johnson pardons ex confederate soldiers after the civil war?
TRUE!
List an example of a Black Code
- Vagrancy (no job? jail)
- Restricted voting rights
- Labor contracts
This winged assassin attacked Mr. Keithley on the beach last Spring Break, attempting to steal his flavor blasted gold fish
What is a seagull >:(
This U.S. President is known for being lenient with the South, allowed many former Confederates back into power
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Mr. Keithley's go to Starbucks coffee order
Oatmilk iced shaken espresso, sub classic syrup for sugar free vanilla (bc it tastes better, duh)
The name of the government agency who helped freed slaves and poor whites in the South
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
What was the goal of the Redeemers?
To "redeem" (bring back) the old south
Restore white supremacy
Regain political power of the South
The name of the first 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution
What are the Bill of Rights
The Democratic nominee running against Hayes in the election of 1876?
Who is Samuel Tilden?
List a challenge the Union faced in the days, weeks, months after the war.
- Rebuilding the South
- Integrating
- Deciding how to reunite the nation
Main difference(s) of Lincoln's Plan vs. Johnson's Plan
Johnson
Quick forgiveness, all you have to do is ask
Lincoln
10% of your state must pledge allegiance to me!
The "deal" that ends Reconstruction
What is the Compromise of 1877?