APUSH Unit 5.2

What was the major problem regarding reconstruction

Who is to be in charge of reconstruction

What was the percent associated with Lincoln's reconstruction plan

10%

What do the state governments have to do under Lincolns plan to be readmitted into the union

It must be Republican recognize the 13th amendment provide education for blacks and 10% of the population has to take a loyalty oath

how difficult was Lincolns plan

Relatively easy

What was congresses plan called

The Wade Davis bill

What was the major difference with the Wade Davis bill

It required majority of southerners to take a loyalty oath

Booth and his conspirators also planed to kill who

Andrew Johnson

And Secretary of State Seward

Johnson was left alone but Seward was

Brutally stabbed

Who was the only senator from a confederate state who remained loyal to the union

Andrew Johnson

What were Johnson's goals as president

Free homesteads, public education and assisting poor whites

Who was Johnson's worst enemy

HimSelf

Who were radical republicans in congress

Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner

What did radicals believe in regarding blacks

Immediate and absolute civil and political equality for blacks

What was the radicals objective regarding Johnson

To weaken him

When did Johnson put forth his reconstruction plan

When congress was in recess

His plan was very similar to Lincoln's except

It had no percent

What did Johnson do to former confederate leaders

He disenfranchised them

What three states took the longest to ratify the 13th amendment

Texas Kentucky and Mississippi

Why did the republicans not like Johnson's plan

It threatened to return power to the democrats

Why would the south gain so much representation in congress

Without the 3/5ths compromise the south has more population

What did southern governments inact in order to keep African-Americans near a state of bondage

Black codes

What were some popular black codes

Blacks could not testify against whites

They could not serve on a jury or vote

They were required to sign a year-long labor contract

What did Congress strengthen in order to help newly freed slaves and poor whites

The Freedman's bureau

What was Johnson's response to the strengthening of the Freedman's bureau

He vetoed it

What act did Congress pass in response to Johnson's veto

The civil rights act in 1866

What did the civil rights act of 1866 say

African-Americans were citizens. It also Denied the black codes

When Johnson vetoed the civil rights act what did Congress do in response

They overrode Johnson's veto

When did the plan to impeach Johnson begin

When he vetoed the Freedman's bureau

Where did some backlash to the civil rights act occur

In the north some states rejected the black vote

What did the radicals demand for freed men

Not only equal, but extra rights

When was the 14th amendment passed

1868

What did the 14th amendment say

It broadly defined citizenship and equal protection under the law

How were the southern states forced to let African-Americans vote

They were threatened to reduce their representation

What took Southerners back out of Congress

Former Confederate leaders were barred from state or federal office

How did Johnson's campaign against the Republicans go

He failed miserably

What did the Republicans win after the congressional elections

Two thirds of the seats in both houses

What was another major change with the 14th amendment

States were required by the constitution to uphold the rights of citizens

What else did the 14th amendment help protect

Big business

After the election what did the Republicans now have in Congress

A super majority able to override vetoed

Congress now also had the power to control

Reconstruction

What was congresses new plan for reconstruction

The reconstruction acts 1867

What did the Reconstruction acts do

Divided up the former confederacy into five military districts

What southern state was the exception and why

Tennessee because they ratified the 14th amendment

Who was a radical Republican in Johnson's cabinet

Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

What act prohibited the president from removing officials

The tenure of office act

What did Johnson do to test the constitutionality of the tenure of office act

He dismissed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

What was Johnson charged with during the impeachment process

High crimes-Abuse of authority

How close was Johnson to impeachment

One vote away in the senate

How much political experience did hero Ulysses S Grant have

None

What was the main cause of grants presidential victory

The black vote

When was the 15th amendment passed

1870

What did the 15th amendment state

It prohibited states from denying the vote to anyone on account of race

Who were outraged when they were not included in the 15th amendment

Feminist such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony

Did whites still hold the majority in republican state governments

Yes

Who was the first African-American senator

Hiriam Revels

Who were scalawags

Southern republican whites

Who were carpetbaggers

Northerners who went south hoping to improve themselves

What were the accomplishments of black republican governments

They provided universal male suffrage, Property rights for women, and debt relief

What were the failures of these governments

Corruption was common

What plan did Thaddeus Stevens have that would redistribute land from plantations

40 acres and a mule, It never happened

What was sharecropping

The crop was divided between the planter and the Black 50-50

What was the crop lien system

Black Farmers would buy supplies on credit which was extremely high

What did the crop lien system lead to

Debt, poverty and economic enslavement

What was the union league of america

Southern Republicans trying to mobilize the black vote

What were the Ku Klux Klan and white league

Terrorist societies formed by Southern Democrats

Congress struck at the Ku Klux Klan with

The force acts

What were the force acts

They imposed fines on persons interfering with the right to vote, and Troops were dispatched

What was the panic of 1873 due to

Railroads

Grant and his scandals are similar to what future president

Warren Harding

What was one of grants major scandals

Crédit Mobilier

Who did the Republicans nominate for the 1876 election

Rutherford B Hayes

Who did the Democrats nominate for the 1876 election

Samuel J Tilden

In what states did ballot stuffing occur

South Carolina, Louisiana, in Florida

The ballot stuffing was similar to what former event

Bleeding Kansas

What was the solution to the voting corruption

And electoral commission of 15 members was established to decide the election

How many of the 20 disputed electoral votes did Hayes need

All 20

What was the decision of the electoral commission

All 20 disputed votes to Hayes

What was the reaction of the Democrats

They vowed to fight the results

What did Hayes pass in order to ensure his presidency

The compromise of 1877

What was included in the compromise of 1877

Hayes recalled the last troops from the south

There must be at least one southerner in Hayes' cabinet

A Second transcontinental railroad was to be constructed in the south

What was the expense of sectional harmony

African-Americans being condemned to poverty and discrimination

What else does the compromise bring

An end to reconstruction

What did Mark twain call the period Between 1865 to 1901

The Gilded Age

What was the Gilded Age

A time of extravagant wealth and political/corporate corruption and greed

This period also had what type of presidents

Lackluster presidents

The House was inefficient and the senate was

A rich man's club

The south politically was now solidly

Democratic

New England was

Republican

Republicans were mostly

Well to do northerners

Democrats were

Immigrants, Catholics , and minorities

What political tactic did Republicans use against the Democrats

Waving the bloody shirt

What did waving the bloody shirt mean

Reminding everyone that the Civil War was started by Democrats

What were the four issues of the Gilded age

Veterans pensions,

Tariffs,

Currency reform-recalling greenbacks, and