Unit 2 American History Test Study Flashcards

How did Lincoln and Johnson’s plans for the reconstruction differ from those suggested by radical Republicans and Congress?

Lincoln and Johnson wanted a quick, lenient, put together government while the radical Republicans wanted stricter terms and protection for black rights

Both Congress in the president believed they were empowered by the constitution to determine the plans for returning succeeded states into the United States. How did this cause tension

Tensions happened because both Congress and the president thought that they had power to decide, reconstruction plans, but they disagreed on how to do it.

What was the purpose of the freedmen’s bureau? What groups did it help? How did it help them?

The Friedmans Baru helped formally enslaved people with food, housing, education, and legal aid after the Civil War

What were the black codes? Why were they created?

Black codes were laws passed in the south after the Civil War to restrict the rights and control the behavior of African-Americans. They were created to maintain white supremacy.

What was the 13th amendment?

It abolished slavery in the United States

What was the 14th amendment

They gave citizenship and equal words to all people born in the US

What was the 15th amendment?

It gave African-American men the right to vote

What was sharecropping? what problems were associated with it?

Sharecropping involved, farmers renting land and paying with crops, but it led to debt and dependence.

Based on their inability to work together, Congress devised a plan to get rid of President Johnson. How did Congress use the tenure office act to try and do this? What was the result?

Congress use the tenure of office act to stop Johnson from firing officials. Johnson tried to remove Stanton leading to his impeachment, but not removal.

Who voted for republican in the south

Some African-Americans, along with white northern (carpetbaggers) and southern white (scalawags), voted republican in the south

What did the KKK want?

The KKK wanted to restore the white supremacy and suppress black rights

What problems existed within grant presidency

Grant’s presidency was marked by scandals and corruption within his administration

What problems existed within the election of 1876

The 1876 election had a lot of cheating and arguing about who really won

What was the compromise of 1877? How did it affect African-Americans in the south?

The compromise of 1877 made Hayes president, troops left the south, and Black people lost protection.

How did the Homestead act change the west?

The Homestead act transformed in the West by giving sellers land, leading to farming, communities, and growth

How did different uses of land cause tension in the west

Land use his clash in the west due to settlers, ranchers, and Native Americans having different needs and viewers, sparking conflicts over resources and land

What was the purpose of the Dawes act? How did this affect landholdings of American Indian nations?

The tribal lands for individual farming, shrinking American Indian, landholdings and weakening tribal structures

How did the government try to assimilate Indian children in the late 1800s?

Their clothing changed at these boarding schools, along with their culture and many other things that they had in a day-to-day experience as Indian children.