Early Reconstruction
Turning points in Reconstruction
The End of Reconstruction
Native Americans on the Great Plains
Miners, Ranchers, and Farmers
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How was Lincoln's 10% Plan a moderate reconstruction plan?
Only 10% of seceding state populations had to pledge an oath of loyalty to the Union.
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Interpret this political cartoon
The South was upset by "bayonet rule", military reconstruction of the South.
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What was home rule?
When ex-Confederates were reelected into political office in the South.
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Explain how Native Americans on the Great Plains were dependent on the buffalo.
The buffalo provided everything they needed to survive as a nomadic people.
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DAILY DOUBLE
Settlers could receive 160 acres for a small fee as long as they made improvements on the land(farming, fencing, home building) within five years.
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Why was Lincoln's assassination a disaster for reconstruction the nation?
Lincoln was a moderate who could appease the South. No other politician had his skills.
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What were the Black Codes?
State and local laws in the South that prevented freedmen from leaving their occupations as agricultural workers. These laws guaranteed a labor force for cotton production.
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Why is the KKK considered a reactionary group?
They used violence to enforce white supremacy in the South.
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Who was Sitting Bull?
A Sioux chief who resisted assimilation for as long as he could.
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What were three challenges faced by farmers on the Great Plains?
Dry conditions, isolation, raids by outlaws and Native Americans
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What was Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan?
He was willing to pardon ex-Confederates and allow them back into positions of political power. This was a conservative plan.
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What was the cause for the Compromise of 1877?
The election of 1876
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What was sharecropping and tenant farming?
The means by which freedmen were forced to continue working on farms to produce cotton.
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What is assimilation?
To change your cultural traditions to be more like the the majority of the population.
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What was the job of a cowboy?
To round up wild cattle and drive the herd to a railroad terminal called a cow town.
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How did Radical Republicans respond to Johnson's Reconstruction plan?
They were upset by his plan because he wasn't in favor of equality for freedmen. Radical Republicans thought the loss of 600,000 lives in the Civil War was for nothing.
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What were the terms of the Compromise of 1877?
The Republicans would keep the presidency and Democrats demanded the end of military reconstruction in the South.
400
How did the Plessy v. Ferguson decision re-interpret the 14th amendment?
It allowed for "separate but equal" facilities in the US for 58 years. This was institutionalized segregation.
400
What was the Dawes Act?
A new federal law that required native peoples to move to reservations and farm as opposed to hunting the buffalo. This was an example of assimilation.
400
What percentage of miners "struck it rich" by discovering a mother lode of gold or silver?
.002%
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Why did the Radical Republicans impeach Andrew Johnson?
He fired Sec. of War Edwin Stanton. This was a violation of the Tenure of Office Act.
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How did the Compromise of 1877 impact someone like Hiram Revels?
After being elected the first African-American senator, he lost re-election because African-Americans lost their 15th amendment rights due to poll taxes and literacy tests.
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What was the turning point of Reconstruction?
The Compromise of 1877
500
What happened at Sand Creek, Little Bighorn, and Wounded Knee?
Sand Creek=US Army massacred Cheyenne
Little Big Horn=Sioux massacred the US Army
Wounded Knee=US Army massacred Sioux
500
What are four important inventions that helped tame the prairie?
wind mill(irrigation), barbed wire(fence in animals),steel plow(planting more efficient), reaper(quicker harvest in case of bad weather)