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DSST Civil War: Reconstruction
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1. Passed by the congressional republicans. essentially wiped out Johnson's programs. divided the former confederacy to five military districsa. a union general was placed in charge of each district.
Lincoln's reconstruction plan
military reconstruction
Command of Army Act
Civil Rights Act of 1866
2. April 9 - 1865 - signifying an end to the Civil War
15th ammendment
Fall of Richmond
Johnson's impeachment
ratification
3. 1. amnesty to all but few southerners who took oath of loyalty 2. 10% percent of state voters (1860 elect.) taken oath could organize state gov. 3. members of conf. gov officers of army - former federal judges - members of congress could not receive
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4. A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states
Carpetbaggers
Election of 1876
Freedman's Bureau
swing around the circle
5. Sub-division of the fractured democratic party. Consisting of a large portion - the war democrats patriotically supported the Lincoln administration. These democrats did not pose as big a threat to the Union as the Peace Democrats or copperheads.
Lincoln's reconstruction plan
Black Codes
War Democrats
Civil War casualties
6. Served two years in prison for his role in the rebellion.
Jefferson Davis
Election of 1876
15th ammendment
Black Codes
7. White southerners who cooperated with and served in Reconstruction governments; generally eligible to vote - they were usually considered traitors to their states
Radical Republicans Reconstruction
Scalawags
Lincoln's reconstruction plan
Election of 1876
8. US Democrats who didn't support the war and hoped to reunite the states through negotiation
military reconstruction
Peace Democrats
Compromise of 1877
Freedman's Bureau
9. 1. called the Wade- Davis Bill 2. 50% of population swear loyalty for states to rejoin 3. Blacks have equal sufferage - rights - equality 4. states must draft new constitution banning slavery - bill passed both houses of Congress on July 2 - 1864 - b
14th ammendment
Johnson's impeachment
Radical Republicans Reconstruction
military reconstruction
10. The _________ Bill was a harsher alternative to Lincoln's 10% Plan; called for 50% of eligible voters (Caucasian men) to petition for statehood; attempt by Radical Republican-filled Congress to take power from the executive branch; vetoed by Lincoln
Wade-Davis
impeachment
Fall of Richmond
Lincoln's reconstruction plan
11. It's purpose was to assist refugees - poor - and homeless former slaves - provided - food - medicine - legal advice on labor contracts - and could request military courts to intervene for the freemen - underfunded
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12. 1866 - enacted by radical congress - forbade president from removing civil officers without senatorial consent - was to prevent Johnson from removing a radical republican from his cabinet
Tenure of Office Act
14th ammendment
Command of Army Act
Scalawags
13. 1. Amnesty and pardon except for rich rebels with taxable property of $20 -000 or more - Individual Pardons 3. Revoke ordinance of secession 3. Ratified the 13th amendment 4. Repudiate all confederate Debts - 5. Election of new state officials - Elec
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14. Voting rights; all citizens have the right to vote no matter what - color - race - previous condition of servitude. women could still not vote
15th ammendment
Black Codes
Election of 1876
Johnson's impeachment
15. Refers to a disastrous speaking campaign undertaken by U.S. President Andrew Johnson - in which he tried to gain support for his mild Reconstruction policies and for his preferred candidates (mostly Democrats)
Command of Army Act
Election of 1876
Radical Republicans Reconstruction
swing around the circle
16. Restricted the rights and movements of newly freed African Americans; 1) prohibited blacks from either renting land or borrowing money to buy land; 2) placed freemen into a form of semi bondage by forcing them - as 'vagrants' and 'apprentices' to sig
Black Codes
Freedman's Bureau
14th ammendment
Command of Army Act
17. Approved in January 1865. It banned slavery thoughout the nation
Carpetbaggers
13th ammendment
Command of Army Act
KKK
18. Founded in the 1860s in the south; meant to control newly freed slaves through threats and violence;
Wade-Davis
Tenure of Office Act
Compromise of 1877
KKK
19. Formal approval - final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution - constitutional amendment - or treaty
Peace Democrats
swing around the circle
ratification
Jefferson Davis
20. Set the guidelines for what is a citizen; all persons born or naturalized in the united states are citizens and are protected by the constitution - equal protection - due process - made the bill of rights apply to the states
14th ammendment
War Democrats
Command of Army Act
ratification
21. He intentionally violates Tenure Act because it was set upt to get him impeached by firing Secretary of War Edwin Stantin - at the Trial his lawyer says his only crime is opposing Congress - 12 democrats and 7 republicans vote him 'not guilty' - so h
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22. Created to grant citizenship to blacks and it was an attempt to prohibit the black codes; prohibited racial discrimination on jury selection; not really enforced and was really just a political move used to attract more votes. It led to the creation
Jefferson Davis
Civil War casualties
15th ammendment
Civil Rights Act of 1866
23. The right to vote.
Jefferson Davis
suffrage
Command of Army Act
swing around the circle
24. An act issued in 1867 that forced Andrew Johnson to issue military orders through the general of the army (then Ulysses S. Grant) instead of directly to the south.
ratification
Freedman's Bureau
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Command of Army Act
25. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South - 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general) - 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river
Peace Democrats
Compromise of 1877
Tenure of Office Act
Johnson's impeachment
26. 633 - 000
Black Codes
swing around the circle
Peace Democrats
Civil War casualties
27. Republican Rutherford Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden run for President. Hayes promises to end the Reconstruction and allows Southern staets to establish the black codes. Caused the end of the Reconstruction in 1877
13th ammendment
Election of 1876
Lincoln's reconstruction plan
Command of Army Act
28. Formal accusation by the lower house of a legislature against a public official - the first step in removal from office.
15th ammendment
impeachment
Command of Army Act
Election of 1876