Plans
What political party supported the Reconstruction?
Republicans in the North
What was Johnson's view on Reconstruction?
Thought the states should be in charge
What was the Thirteenth Amendment?
Abolished slavery in the United States
What were somethings that prevented African Americans from voting?
Fear of Ku Klux Klan and other racists, taxes and laws targeted to them, simply not being able to until the Fifteenth Amendment
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
An agency to provide relief such as food, education, legal help, and medical needs
What was Lincoln's plan?
The Ten Percent Plan granted amnesty if conditions were met. Pledge Loyalty to the union and agree slavery is illegal.
10% of the state had to vote yes
How did Johnson respond to the Freedmen's Bureau?
He vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau Bill limiting the power and essentially shutting it down thinking that it was unconstitutional
What was the Fifteenth Amendment?
Gave African American men the right to vote
Johnson and the Democrats publically opposed which amendment?
The Fourteenth Amendment
What party did African Americans vote for and why?
Republican because the party of Lincoln
What was the Wade-Davis Bill?
Had to ban slavery and the majority of men had to pledge loyalty to the union
To vote or hold office had to swear they never supported Confederacy
Why was Grant's campaign slogan of "let us have peace" ironic?
His nickname during the Civil War was "Unconditional Surender Grant"
What was the Fourteenth Amendment?
Granted citizenship to all born in the United States and guaranteed equal rights to citizens
What is segregation?
Forced separation in public places
Who were Carpetbaggers?
Who were Scalawags?
Carpetbaggers were northern born Republicans moving to the south
Scalawags were white southern Republicans
What was Johnson's Plan?
Responsibility on the states
Revise their constitutions, elect new officials and reps, declare secession illegal, ratify the thirteenth amendment
Why was Johnson impeached and what happened?
Impeached because he broke a law in place to limit him
Decided the impeachment was unfair and was found not guilty
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that enforced segregation
What is the Poll Tax? What is the Grandfather Clause?
A tax people had to pay to vote
A loophole to not have to pay the taxes to vote
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
Provided African Americans with the same legal rights as white Americans
What were the Reconstruction Acts?
Divide the south into 5 districts with a military power waiting until they rejoin the US
State write a new constitution in support of the 14th amendment and give African American men the right to vote
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Democrats agreeing to accept Hayes as president if all the federal troops are removed from the South
What were the Black Codes?
Laws passed by every southern state that greatly limit the freedoms of African Americans
What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
The Supreme Court case ruling segregation as legal
"Separate-but-Equal"
What was sharecropping and how did it create a cycle of debt?
Landowners providing land, tools, supplies while sharecroppers provide the labor
Debt by not being able to make enough profit to make back the credit/loans used to pay for living