Lincoln
Was Abraham Lincoln for or against Reconstruction?
For Reconstruction
He passed things like the Proclamation of Amnesty to help.
The most prominent "secret" society formed by White people to intimidate Black people and white reformers was the:
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
True or False: due to Johnson’s new Reconstruction plan many former Confederate leaders were prohibited to hold seats in office again.
False
Sharecropping was created in response to:
White landowners attempting to force freed African Americans into signing contracts that forced them into almost permanent and unrestricted labor.
It also was an alternate solution to the South's loss of their compulsory labor force.
Who were the two presidential candidates in the election of 1876?
Rutherford B. Hayes -- Republican
Samuel J. Tilden -- Democrat
How many days after his last public address was Lincoln assassinated?
3 days
In response to the KKK and to protect the civil rights of citizens, congress passed the:
How many of the new state constitutions in the south gave African-Americans the right to vote?
Zero.
True or False?: Sharecropping is the process by which a landlord provides the necessary seed and farming equipment in return for about half of the harvest
The compromise of 1877 was an act that:
Allowed Rutherford B Hayes to become president
Hayes fulfilled his end and withdrew all troops protecting African Americans and Other Republicans as well as supporting the construction of a Southern transcontinental railroad.
Lincoln's Last public address encouraged Northerners to:
Accept Louisiana as a reconstructed state
True or False: African Americans could not testify in court.
False! While they were not permitted to testify against any white people in court, African Americans could still testify against eachother.
How many of the 11 ex-confederate states qualified under the president's Reconstruction plan to become part of the union?
All 11
Was sharecropping an effective solution for both White landowners and recently freed African Americans?
No. While landowners benefited, African Americans still remained mostly dependent on landowners or owed debt to merchants, and Sharecropping became essentially its own form of servitude.
What happened during the election of 1876 that led to the compromise of 1877?
While the Democrats won the popular vote, disputed votes in three southern states led to the creation of a special committee who gave all the votes to Hayes, the Republican candidate. The Democrats threatened to filibuster the results and take the election to the House of Representatives (controlled by them)