hsitory quiz

reconstruction

the period from 1865-1877 during which the U.S. began to rebuild after the civil war and included the process by which the federal government readmitted former confederate states

the reconstruction era in the U.S.

1865 - 1877

key questions facing reconstruction

1. how would the south be brought back into the union?

2. how do we integrate and protect newly freed black men and women?

3. what branch of government should control reconstruction?

who wanted to punish the south for causing the civil war?

radical republicans

what was a scalawag?

a southerner who became republican

what was a carpetbagger?

a northern republican who moved to the south during reconstruction

john wilkes booths original plan was to kidnap president lincoln, but he wasent able to because lincoln cancelled his trip on march 17, 1865

true

all of the following were conspirators executed for their role to plot assassinate president lincoln, vice president johnson, secretary of state seward and union general grant

• mary suratt

• david herold

• george atzerodt

secretary of state ulysses s. grant was slashed in the throat twice by lewis powell, but he was able to survive his assassination attempt

false - william seward

true about the assassination of abraham lincoln

• john wilkes booth assassinated abraham lincoln

• for her role in the assassination plot, mary surratt was the first woman to be sentenced to death by the U.S. government

• abraham lincoln died at 7:22 am in a boarding house across the street from ford´s theater

these laws were put in place in the south following the passage of the 13th amendment to restrict the movement and rights of former slaves

black codes

this was a government agency that was set up to help former slaves and the people of the south transition from a society based on slavery to one that allowed freedom

freedmens bureau

this amendment officially abolished slavery in the U.S. in december of 1865

13th amendment

goals of the freedmen bureau

• get emergency assistance to newly freed slaves, such as food, clothing, and temporary housing

• help freedmen find jobs

• create schools for educating freedmen

president lincoln tried to end the freedmens bureau by vetoing the bureau all together

false - johnson

this amendment made all former slaves citizens of the U.S. government and provided all citizens equal rights/protection under the law

14th amendment

this was a farm tenancy system in which families worked a farm or section of land in return for a share of the crop rather than wages

sharecropping

the ku klux klan was created by nathan bedford forrest in pulaski, tennessee as a secret society who opposed african americans obtaining civil rights

true

congress attempted to impech president johnson for firing secretary of war edwin stanton without approval, but johnson was saved from being removed from offfice by one vote, but he essentially become a ¨lame-duck¨ president

true

in response to the violent actions of the klan in the south, congress passed this law that designated certain crimes committed by individuals as federal offenses

ku klux klan act

this amendment passed during reconstruction prvided african americans males with the right to vote

15th amendment

in order to prevent african american males from exercising their newly acquired right to vote, southern state government enacted….

• literacy tests

• poll taxes

• grandfather clauses

….. were laws that required voters to be able to read a passage and answer questions before voting

literacy test

this law required voters to pay money before they would be eligible to vote

poll taxes

this law stated that a person did not have to pay a poll tax or pass a literacy test if their grandfather was able to vote prior to 1866

grandfather clauses

these were laws that were passed across southern states that were designed to keep african americans and white people completely segregated

jim crow laws

in this 1896 supreme court ruling, the supreme court ruled that segregation was legal

plessy v. ferguson

according to the 1896 supreme court ruling, segregation was fair as long as ¨separate but equal¨”facilities were provided for african americans

true

examples of jim crow laws established in the south

• establishing separate railroad cars and waiting stations for whites and blacks

• establishing separate cemeteries, restaurants, parks and beaches for whites and blacks

• establishing separate jury boxes and bibles for whites blacks

true about the compromise of 1877

• the democrats in congress agreed to elect republican rutherford b hayes

• republicans in congress agreed to withdraw federal troops from the south

• the compromise of 1877 effectively ended reconstruction

who killed lincoln

john wilkes booth

where was lincoln killed

petersen house, washington dc

where was lincoln shot

fords theater

what day did lincoln die

april 15th 1865