Plans for Reconstruction
What 3 plans for Reconstruction did we learn about?
What is...
1. President Lincoln's Plan2. President Johnson's Plan
3. Congress' Radical Reconstruction Plan
What were the numbers of the 3 Reconstruction Amendments?
13, 14, 15
What is sharecropping?
System of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop.
Who were the candidates in the 1876 election?
Rutherford B. Hayes & Samuel J. Tilden
What was the name of the man who was arrested and found guilty of violating the Louisiana Separate Car Act?
Homer Plessy
What two things did Lincoln prioritize when developing a plan?
What are...
1. Ending Slavery
2. Restoring Confederate States to the Union
What does the 15th Amendment do?
gives all male citizens the right to vote
What were the three voting restrictions implemented to stop African Americans from voting?
Poll tax, grandfather clause, literacy test
Why did the Republicans choose Rutherford B. Hayes as their candidate for president?
He held moderate views on Reconstruction and they wanted to appeal to both Northern and Southern voters.
What was the main idea of the Louisiana Separate Car Act?
People must sit in the train car assigned to their race.
What was the 10% Plan?
What is...
10% of each state’s voters had to swear loyalty to the United States to be readmitted to the Union.
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
government agency formed to help millions of former slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War.
What two political and social terrorist groups rose in the South in the Reconstruction Era?
Who did they target?
Ku Klux Klan and White Leagues
- They targeted African Americans and Republicans
How did the commission resolve the issue when no candidate won the electoral college majority?
They gave all the votes to Hayes, making him the new President.
In what court was the case Plessy v. Ferguson decided?
U.S. Supreme Court
How did Lincoln and Johnson's plans for Reconstruction differ?
Johnson did NOT believe that Reconstruction should provide civil or political equality for both races.
What are some things the Freedmen's Bureau did to help after the Civil War?
Provided food, housing and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance.
What new industries rose in the South in the Reconstruction Era?
textiles, tobacco, furniture, steel
What did the Compromise of 1877 finally put an end to?
The Reconstruction Era
In the court's majority opinion, what amendments were NOT violated in the Louisiana Separate Car Act?
13th & 14th
Who impeached President Andrew Johnson? Why?
The Radical Republicans
What did the 14th Amendment do & why was that important?
The 14th Amendment declared anyone born in the U.S. a citizen, and gave all citizens equal protection under the law.
This is important because no state can make laws that deny citizens life, liberty, or property.
What were the Jim Crow laws? Give an example.
Laws that segregated people on the basis of race.
Name one condition negotiated by the South in the Compromise of 1877?
1. independent governments
2. Union troops withdrawn from the South
3. laws passed to rebuild Southern infrastructure
What famous saying was the precedent set by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson?
"Separate, but equal"