Recon and its references
Reconstruction refers to
1865-1877, the process of readmitting seceded states and rebuilding the south after the CW
List the presidents of the US during Reconstruction
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Rutherford
Carpetbaggers are
Northerners who migrated South to help rebuild the Civil War
The amendment that abolished slavery was the
13th
The main charge at President Johnson’s impeachment trial was that he
violated the tenure of office act
Radical Republican Reconstruction plans were supported by Northern business leaders because they
Feared that if blacks were denied the vote, Democrats might regain control of Congress
Which president was associated with the Democratic party?
Andrew Johnson
carpetbaggers felt a moral duty to help former slaves by becoming....
the terms also referred to people who
freedmen's bureau agents teachers and ministers
exploited the post-war turmoil for their own profit.
Many Southerners became tenant farmers after the Civil War because..
They could not afford land at even low prices
Impeach means
accuse of misconduct
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution
Defined blacks as citizens
I proposed the 10% Plan
Lincoln
Many Southern whites despised carpetbag governments because
By the end of Reconstruction, most Southern states had
Legalized racial segregation
Political term that describes how the South would vote in the future
New South
The Compromise of 1877 called for
Hayes to receive the presidency as long as he removed troops from the south, gave them a position in the fed gov ((postmaster) and several other "victories for the south"
Andrew Johnson was hampered in his attempt to carry out Lincoln’s Reconstruction policies partly because
As a president, he had little following
14th amendment
grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War.
The primary purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to
Help African Americans adjust to freedom
During Congressional Reconstruction, the South was divided into _____ military districts
5
Who was the Radical Republican leader in the House of Representatives
Thaddeus Stevens
What did O.O. Howard direct?
Directed the Freedmen’s Bureau
15th Amendments
granted African American men the right to vote.
President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction was lenient because…
It pardoned all Confederate except high-ranking officials and those accused of crimes against POWs
who was Samuel J. Tilden
Democratic presidential nominee in 1876