Plans and Ideologies
The name given to the era after the Civil War where the South had to put itself back together.
What is Reconstruction?
Because they lacked this, many Black citizens struggled to find work and transportation after being freed from slavery.
What is a proper education?
Taking office after Lincoln's assassination, this U.S. President was notoriously lenient in his Reconstruction policies, leading to a great deal of Black oppression.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Deals with cultural occurrences - the way we talk, the things we do, the way we dress, etc.
What is Social?
The South considered this to be the "main issue" of the Civil War.
What are states' rights?
Both Johnson and Lincoln wanted the Reconstruction process to be this.
What is "quick?"
It was suggested that this be given to freedmen following the Civil War, to give them a place they could call their own - but it never ended up happening, leading to this now infamous quote.
What is "40 acres and a mule?"
This group, while not always in agreeance of Lincoln's approach, supported his actions and supported the idea of a freed South.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
This term is used to describe items that are shipped, moved, and traded around the world.
What are goods?
This term is used to describe the South's leaving of the Union.
What is secession?
Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan, requiring only a small number of the population in formerly Confederate states to agree to behave, was called this.
What is the 10-Percent Plan?
These documents/agreements allowed freedmen to pick and choose who they would work for, but also came with a plethora of restrictions that forced those who signed them to deal with many rules and regulations.
What are contracts?
President of the nation during the Civil War, this man is often referred to for his political and economic achievements, alongside his efforts in keeping the Union strong during the conflict.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Deals with elections, voting, creation of laws and regulations.
What is political?
This was the name given to the North's plan to "crush" the South into surrender during the war.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
The Congressional Plan began in 1867 with the passage of this law.
What is the First Reconstruction Act?
This terrorist organization dedicated itself to scaring/oppressing Black citizens and tried to maintain a misplaced sense of "white authority."
What is the Ku Klux Klan/KKK?
This group, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, was responsible for the passage of various laws that enacted actions like martial law in the South.
What is Congress?
Deals with money-based occurrences and events.
What is economic?
This Union general led the American army at the end of the Civil War and was later elected as President of the United States.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The Congressional Plan split the South into territories and utilized this kind of force to prevent mistreatment of Black citizens.
What is martial law?
This system, which allowed poor farmers to "rent" land, was ultimately flawed and led to wide spread poverty and hunger across the South.
What is sharecropping?
This man was killed roughly 2 weeks after assassinated Lincoln, found inside a barn that Union soldiers set on fire.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Experiencing a protest outside of city hall standing up against a newly passed law is an example of a ______________ kind of occurrence.
What is Political? -OR- What is Social?
This term, used to encompass the railroads, transport systems, and factories built in the North in the early-to-mid 1800s, was a key part of the reason the North was victorious in the Civil War.
What is industrialization?