reconstruction unit 2

Question 1

When was Reconstruction (the years)?

Answer 1

1865-1877

Question 2

Andrew Johnson: compare/contrast him to Lincoln. Why did Lincoln choose him as his running mate in 1864?

Answer 2

johnson democrat, john was born on a southern state, lincoln republican lincoln was born in a northside sate,both unionists, lincoln chose johnson to demonstrate unity

Question 3

What’s the difference between Presidential Reconstruction (1865-1867?) and Congressional Reconstruction (1867-1877?)?

Answer 3

presidential gave mercy congressional blamed the south

Question 4

What was controversial about Alexander Stephens? Who was he and what happened to him after the Civil War?

Answer 4

he was vice president of the CSA, after the war the union came back together and he became a congressman, everyone thought he was a trader

Question 5

Freedman’s Bureau

Answer 5

an agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South.

Question 6

“black codes”

Answer 6

Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of african americans

Question 7

Ku Klux Klan

Answer 7

A hate group against African Americans that did many things to threaten blacks such as burning crosses, and sometimes even commiting murder. Other targets included, Jewish people

Question 8

13th Amendment

Answer 8

abolished slavery

Question 9

14th Amendment

Answer 9

Granted citizenship to all people who were born in the U.S. - including former enslaved people- Guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws”

Question 10

15th Amendment

Answer 10

Granted african american men the right to vote

Question 11

Unalienable Rights

Answer 11

God given rights, the gov can’t take them away without due process.

Question 12

Radical Republicans

Answer 12

More extreme than normal Republicans
wanted to punish the slaves, wanted to insure their rights for former slaves,

Question 13

scalawags

Answer 13

term for white southerners who supported the federal plan from northern reconstruction for their own gain

Question 14

carpetbaggers and the destruction of Southern forests

Answer 14

Northerners who took advantage of the resources in the south to get rich (like the trees from the forests)

Question 15

Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 15

a train route across the United States that was finished in 1869

Question 16

government subsidies

Answer 16

When the government gives people money to do something.

Question 17

Northwest Passage

Answer 17

A passage from Europe to Asia. The transcontinental railroad made it faster to get there (it was an easier route).

Question 18

Who was Hiram Revels?

Answer 18

He was the 1st African American senator

Question 19

What is impeachment?

Answer 19

If a president is impeached they are charged with something. If convicted by ⅔ vote of the congress, the president is removed from office.

Question 20

How many presidents have been impeached?

Answer 20

Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump(twice) (3 presidents)

Question 21

How many have been removed by the Senate following impeachment?

Answer 21

0

Question 22

Why would the government subsidies cause bad incentives for railroad companies? And even contribute to the depression of 1873?

Answer 22

The railroads were not made the most efficient way because railroad workers wanted more money.

Question 23

Know this: the TCR cut coast to coast travel from ——

Answer 23

Know this: the TCR cut coast to coast travel from 6 months to 10 days!!!

Question 24

Why did reconstruction end in 1877?

Answer 24

Things like money, which meant taxes, which made republican governments (made republicans very unpopular. White southerners could not accept african americans exercising basic civil rights, holding office for voting

Question 25

what election did the bargain of 1877 settel

Answer 25

876 U.S. Presidential election

Question 26

What did the Republicans get in the bargain of 1877

Answer 26

They Got hays (the us president)

Question 27

What did the Democrats get in the bargain of 1877

Answer 27

They got the federal troops out of the southern states, and another transcontinental railroad through Texas

Question 28

Even though slavery ended a lot of the same people continued to own the Southern farmland, and slavery was replaced by

Answer 28

Sharecropping.

Question 29

How was sharecropping different from slavery?

Answer 29

Landowners would provide housing to the sharecroppers, and the sharecroppers would get a portion of their crops (but former slaves still did work)

Question 30

Thaddeus Stephens was a leader of a group in Congress called the

Answer 30

Radical Republicans.

Question 31

——– governments in the South claimed that they were saving the southern states from “Northern Republican corruption” and “Black rule”.

Answer 31

Redeemer governments in the South claimed that they were saving the southern states from “Northern Republican corruption” and “Black rule”.

Question 32

How was Reconstruction a success?

Answer 32

restored the United States as a unified nation: by 1877 - former Confederate states drafted new constitutions, acknowledged the 13, 14, and 15 Amendments, and pledged their loyalty to the U.S. government.

Question 33

How was Reconstruction a failure?

Answer 33

failure to stop violence and protect the political gains of Reconstruction - U.S. government failed to coordinate and plan to suppress an advancing revolt; - failed to use troops wisely - failed to secure the rights of Black Americans; and otherwise failed in its counterinsurgency and counterterrorism policies.

Question 34

What were the results of the 1872 election?
Electoral vote: Grant got — electoral votes Greeley got — electoral votes
Popular vote: Grant —-% Greeley —–%

Answer 34

What were the results of the 1872 election?
Electoral vote: Grant got 286 electoral votes Greeley got 66 electoral votes
Popular vote: Grant 56% Greeley 44%

Question 35

grant was originally from and where did he live pre war

Answer 35

ohio and lived in the illinois pre war

Question 36

grant was the —— during the civil war

Answer 36

head general

Question 37

grant had a reputation of

Answer 37

smoking and drinking

Question 38

In terms of President ranking lists, Grant was at the ——- when the rankings first started, but is now ranked in the ——————————of presidents

Answer 38

bottom

middle or top half

Question 39

As a group, —————————– voted for grant in the ——- percentages (compared to any other demographic group)

Answer 39

african americans

highest

Question 40

who crushed the KKK

Answer 40

grant

Question 41

who was the leader of the radical republicans

Answer 41

thaddeus stevens