Presidential Reconstruction
Lincoln's 10% Plan called for 10% of southern voters to do this...
Swear a loyalty vow to the Union
Who were the prominent leaders of Radical Reconstruction?
Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner
What was the loophole in the 13th Amendment?
Slavery was still legal as punishment for a crime
What did the enactment of the Jim Crow laws seek to accomplish?
Segregation of the races
Becomes President in 1868 after receiving almost all of the African American votes
Ulysses S. Grant
1st President to have his veto overturned by Congress
Andrew Johnson
What was the key aim of the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867?
To make it easier for southern states to reenter the Union by maintaining order until new state government elections could be held
What were 3 loopholes in the 15th Amendment?
Literacy test, poll tax, grandfather clause, property requirements.
The Compromise of 1877 granted Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for what?
Removal of all federal troops from the South
Union General who confiscated Confederate land intending to reallocate it to freed slaves
William T Sherman
Johnson wanted a return to white rule in the South, this allowed for the passage of the....
Black Codes
Group of poor white southerners who changed party alliance to take advantage of the opportunities in the south after reconstruction
The 14th Amendment did this...
Granted citizenship rights to African Americans
What was the main reason why it was so expensive to operate a school system in the South?
They were segregated
Outspoken against segregation, believe African Americans should have immediate equal rights
WEB DuBois
Under his reconstruction plan, what did General William Sherman propose to give to freed slaves?
40 Acres and a Mule
Which was the most independent farming arrangement for both parties in the South during Reconstruction?
Tenant Farming
Which two court cases curtailed the 14th Amendment?
US v Cruikshank and The Slaughterhouse Cases
“Separate but equal” became a common segregation phrase after which Supreme Court decision?
Plessy v Ferguson
Born into slavery, believed that African Americans should focus on vocational education
Booker T Washington
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 seek to do?
Abolish Black Codes
For what specific violation of the law was Andrew Johnson impeached?
Firing a senate approved cabinet member/ violating the tenure of office act.
Which case affirmed that the federal government could not protect Southerners from the Ku Klux Klan
US v Cruikshank
Despite winning the popular vote this man lost the election of 1877
Samuel Tilden
Investigative journalist who dedicated their newspaper to investigating & exposing lynching
Ida B Wells