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What are the years of Reconstruction?
1865-1877
What is Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan?
~ 10% plan
~ oath of loyalty to the Union
~ elimination of slavery
What was the Wade-Davis Plan?
~ 50% loyalty oath
~ excluded all who had cooperated with the Confederacy
What was Lincoln’s response to the Wade-Davis Plan?
Pocket veto
What statement did Lincoln make in his Second Inaugural Address that indicated his view on Reconstruction?
“With malice toward none, charity for all”
What were the years of Presidential Reconstruction?
1863-1866
What was the goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
Assist former slaves with
~ food
~ shelter
~ medical aid
~ education
What party did Andrew Johnson belong to?
Democrat, Unionist
What was Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan?
~ ratify 13th Amendment
~ disenfranchisement of former Confederate leaders and Confederates with more than $20,000 in taxable property
What did the Black Codes prohibit?
~ renting land
~ borrowing money to buy land
~ testifying against whites in court
What did the Black Codes forces freedmen to do?
Sign work contracts
What did a moderate Republican want?
Economic gains for the white middle class
What did Radical Republicans want from Reconstruction?
Championed civil rights for blacks
What did Andrew Johnson do that led to conflicts with the Radical Republican?
Veto Freedmen’s Bureau
What was wrong with Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan?
~ He pardoned 13,000 Southerners
~ VP of the Confederacy back in the Senate
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolished slavery
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Citizens, disqualified Confederate leaders, states provide equal protection and due process
What did the 15th Amendment do?
African American men the right to vote
What were the requirements of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?
~ 5 military zones
~ ratify 14th
~ guarantee the vote to black men
What were the impeachment charges against Andrew Johnson?
Violate Tenure of Office Act
Who failed to provide the final vote to remove Andrew Johnson from office?
Edmund Ross
Why was it unusual that Ross wouldn’t vote to remove Johnson?
Radical Republican
What were the years of Grant’s presidency?
1869-1877
What is Grantism?
~ Political scandal, corruption
~ President Ulysses S. Grant
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1875?
Equal accommodations in public places, can’t exclude African Americans from juries
What did the Supreme Court decide in the Civil Rights Cases of 1883 about the 14th Amendment?
Can’t regulate private parties
Why did the moderate Republicans become less concerned with civil rights in 1873?
Financial Panic
What is a scalawag?
Southerners who supported Reconstruction
What is a carpetbagger?
Northern Republican coming down to the South, speculation
Who was the founder of the KKK?
Nathan Bedford Forrest
What did Grant do about the KKK?
Force Acts of 1870 and 1871
What are the years of Congressional Reconstruction?
1866-1873
What do the terms “solid South” and “Redeemer” mean?
Return of Southern White Democrat rule in the South
What are Jim Crow laws?
Laws of segregation
What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Separate but equal
What is the Amnesty Act of 1872?
Removed all restrictions on ex-Confederates (Grant pardoned them)
What was the outcome of the Presidential Election in 1876?
Rutherford B. Hayes
What party did Hayes belong to?
Republican
What was the Compromise of 1877?
~ Hayes president
~ Southern Democrats take over the last Republican gov’t in LA, SC, FL
~ Remove troops from South
~ Fund internal improvements
What 3 methods were used in the South to deny African American men the right to vote
Literacy tests, poll taxes and intimidation
What was Booker T. Washington’s view about how African Americans could progress?
Focus on economics not Civil Rights.
What was Seward’s Folly?
Purchase of Alaska
Who was Ida B.Wells?
Woman who pushed for anti-lynching legislation
