Chapter 12-3 Radical Reconstruction

Question 1

1. What was the name of the bill that Congressional Republicans passed in March 1867?

Answer 1

Military reconstruction act

Question 2

2. What’s another name for this congressional program of Reconstruction?

Answer 2

Radical reconstruction

Question 3

3. How many military districts did this law divide the former Confederacy into?

Answer 3

five

Question 4

4. Which former Confederate state was not subjected to Military Reconstruction?

Answer 4

Tennessee

Question 5

5. Why was this state not subjected to Military Reconstruction?

Answer 5

Tennessee was taken over very quickly.

Question 6

6. What did the Military Reconstruction Act do to former Confederates who had been elected to office with Johnson’s approval?

Answer 6

The law kicked them all out

Question 7

Define carpetbagger:

Answer 7

Define carpetbagger: Negative term, Northerners who moved to the south to run for political office and find work rebuilding infrastructure.

Question 8

Define scalawag:

Answer 8

2. Define scalawag: A white southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit. The term was used derivelily by white southern democrats who opposed reconstruction legislation.

Question 9

8. What two things did the Military Reconstruction Act require each state to do before being allowed back into the Union?

Answer 9

1. ratify the 14th amendment
   2. Guarantee universal male suffrage

Question 10

9. List four positive accomplishments of the “Carpetbag Governments”.

Answer 10

1. Repealed black codes
   protected universal male suffrage
   oversaw building of economy
   established public schools

Question 11

10. List four major criticisms of the “Carpetbag Governments”.

Answer 11

1. Heavy spending
   
   2. heavy taxes
   3. increased state debt
   4. corruption

Question 12

11. What organization was formed in Tennessee by former Confederates to undermine the “Carpetbag Governments”?

Answer 12

the KKK (Ku Klux Klan)

Question 13

12. What did the white supremacists want to prevent black men from doing in the South?

Answer 13

They did not want them to vote

Question 14

13. What did the Radical Republicans in the House do to President Johnson in February 1868?

Answer 14

Impeachment

Question 15

14. What federal department was in charge of overseeing the enforcement of Military Reconstruction?

Answer 15

War department

Question 16

15. Who was the secretary of this department?

Answer 16

Edwin Stanton

Question 17

16. What was the name of the law Congress passed that prevented the president from removing a cabinet member without the approval of the Senate?

Answer 17

Tenure of office act.

Question 18

17. Which house of Congress begins the impeachment process by voting to put the President on trial?

Answer 18

The house of representatives

Question 19

18. How many votes are required in this house to impeach the president today?

Answer 19

218/435

Question 20

19. Which house of Congress continues the impeachment process by acting as the jury?

Answer 20

The senate

Question 21

20. How many votes are required in this house to convict the President today?

Answer 21

67/100

Question 22

21. What was the result of Johnson’s impeachment trial?

Answer 22

he was innocent by one vote

Question 23

22. Who has been the only other U.S. President to be impeached?

Answer 23

Trump twice and Bill Clinton

Question 24

23. Who did the Republicans nominate from Illinois to run for president in 1868?

Answer 24

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 25

What three states were not allowed to participate in the Election of 1868 because they were not yet restored to the Union?

Answer 25

Virginia
Missipiie
Texas

Question 26

25. The Republican Party certainly benefited from black men gaining suffrage (voting rights). What amendment did the Republicans propose to guarantee future power?

Answer 26

15th amendment