Chapter 18 Social Studies L1+L2 Study Set

This is for the Social Studies L1+L2 Test

What was the task of rebuilding the former Confederate states and readmitting them to the Union?

What was the task of rebuilding the former Confederate states and readmitting them to the Union?

Reconstruction.

Lincoln offered what to those who would swear loyalty to the Union?

Amnesty

Lincoln offered amnesty to those who would swear loyalty to the Union, but excluded who?

Confederate leaders.

Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan was what?

When 10 percent of the voters in a state had taken the oath, the state could form a new state government, adopt a new constitution that banned slavery, and then send representatives to Congress.

A group of Republican representatives led by who thought Lincoln was too easy on the South?

Thaddeus Stevens

_____________________ required that to rejoin the Union, a majority of states' white males must pledge allegiance, only white males who swore they didn't fight against the Union could vote for delegates to the state Constitutional Convention, and the new state constitution must ban slavery.

The Wade-Davis Bill

What was The Wade-Davis Bill?

Required that to rejoin the Union, a majority of states' white males must pledge allegiance, only white males who swore they didn't fight against the Union could vote for delegates to the state Constitutional Convention, and the new state constitution must ban slavery.

In March 1865, Lincoln and the Congress together created the _______________. Its main purpose was to help _______________ adjust to life after slavery.

Freedmen’s Bureau, African Americans

The Freedmen’s Bureau did what?

Provided food, clothing and medical care, set up schools, helped some people get their own land to farm or find work for fair pay.

How did Lincoln die?

On April 14, 1865, President was at a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C, Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in the head. Hours later, he died.

All states rejoining the Union had to ratify which Amendment that outlawed slavery?

The Thirteenth Amendment

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 did what?

Granted citizenship to African Americans.

What was designed to help control the newly freed African Americans?

Black codes

The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were intended to guarantee newly established rights for who?

African Americans

The definition of U.S. citizenship and description of citizens rights is described in which Amendment?

Fourteenth Amendment

“All persons ________ in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are _________ of the United States and the State wherein they reside.”

Born, citizens

Another part of the Fourteenth Amendment said that no state could take a person’s _____, ____, or _______ “without due process of law.”

Life, Liberty, or property

Only which state had ratified the 14th amendment and kept its government and rejoined the Union.

Tennessee

The act divided the _____ defiant states into ___ military districts governed by an _________.

10, 5, Army General

(Congress passed a series of laws to limit Johnson’s power)

One of these laws was the what?

Tenure of Office Act.

Tenure of Office Act was what?

The president could not remove government officials, including members of his own cabinet, without the Senate’s approval.

In August 1867, while Congress was not in session. Johnson suspended who without the Senate’s approval?

Stanton

When the senate met again it refused to approve the ___________.

Suspension

How did Johnson deliberately violate the Tenure of Office Act?

Johnson then fired Stanton!

The House of Representatives voted to ______ President Johnson.

Impeach

How come The House of Representatives wasn’t able to convict President Johnson?

The Senate did not bet the two-thirds majority it needed to convict President Johnson