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Problems
Impeachment/the end
100
A white person in the South who worked with the federal government during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War.
What is a Scalawag
100
10 percent of the states take the oath of allegiance and abide by equal rights. The new state government must abolish slavery.
What is Lincolns ten percent plan
100
Which amendment abolished slavery?
What is the 13th amendment.
100
Provided food and clothing to former slaves. Helped poor whites and helped find them jobs. helped 1 million people get medicare. schools for blacks, adults and children. Laid foundation for public schools.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau
100
Why did the President and Congress clash?
In the election of 1866, Congress was able to get Republicans to out vote Johnson. Now Congress controlled Reconstruction, so therefore the first thing they did was throw out Southern states government. they also made states let A.A. vote and set up 5 military districts.
200
What took the place of slavery?
What is sharecropping
200
To be readmitted to the Union, 5% majority in each Confederate state has to take the "Ironclad" oath(they never supported the confederacy)
What is the wade davis bill
200
Which amendment gave Blacks citizenship rights.
What is the 14th amendment
200
Southerns were banned from slavery, but didn't want to give african americans rights. They were laws that limited african americans rights and were meant to keep them from gaining political or economic power. A.A. couldn't vote, own guns, or serve on juries. They could legally marry and own property. In some states they could only be servants or farm labors. Some made them have yearly contracts to work.
What is the black codes.
200
How and Why was the president impeached?
Congress wanted to keep the president from challenging what they were doing. They decided to impeach him (bring formal charges against him) Congress wasn't able to get enough voted to kick him out of office but h only had a few months left in his presidency.
300
The time after the Civil War when the country was being rebuilt
What is Reconstruction.
300
Majority to the state had to take the oath of loyalty to the Union. Voters had to agree that secession was illegal. States couldn't repay wartime debts. abolish slavery.
What is Johnson's Reconstruction Plan.
300
which amendment gave voting rights to anyone but women?
What is the 15th amendment
300
He let south's governments do what they want-many confederate leaders were now leading the states government. Congress was mad about this and mad that A.A. couldn't vote. Southerns were very hostile towards the North.
What is Johnson's problems.
300
Who was the new president
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
400
Who is A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War seeking political or economic advantage.
What is a carpetbagger
400
In the election of 1866 Congress was able to get enough Republicans to vote out Johnson. Now congress controlled Reconstruction. The first thing they did was to throw out the southern states government. Then they set up 5 military districts. They also made states let African Americans vote.
What is Congress reconstruction plan.
400
13,14 and 15- date of ratification
13- December 6,1865. 14- July 9, 1868 15- February 3, 1870
400
Another group of white created multiple problems.
What is the Klu Klux Klan
400
How was the south rebuilt
Schools were built for whites and black. Railroads, telegraphs, bridges and roads were built. 7,000 miles of railroad track was laid. by 1880 cotton production was the same as it had been in 1860. Industry also grew, but still lagged behind.
500
To exclude a group of people purposefully.
What is disenfranchise
500
Which plan actually happened?
What is Congress Reconstruction Plan
500
What did all the amendments do?
All the amendments helped free slaves, give them right and help them to vote
500
What were the rest of the problems for Blacks to vote?
Literacy Test- It was a method that you had to read and explain part of the Constitution before you could register to vote. Poll Tax- You had to pay a small tax each year. Grandfather Clause- if a mans grandfather had voted before 1867 them he could vote without a literacy test.
500
How did Reconstruction end?
The election of 1876 ended Reconstruction. Hayes was the Republican candidate Hayes promised to get soldiers out of the south so he won the election and became the19th president.