Exam 1: Reconstruction

Question 1

what were the goals of reconstruction?

Answer 1

1. rebuild south and reunification
2. introduce formerly enslaved people into society
3. give rights to them

Question 2

who said it: “I am for negro suffrage in every rebel State. If it be just, it should not be denied; if it be necessary, it should be adopted; if it be a punishment to traitors, they deserve it.”

Answer 2

radical republicans

Question 3

who said it: “the sole object of the government…is to again get [the Southern states] into that proper relation [with the Union].”

Answer 3

abe

Question 4

who said it: “White men alone must manage the South”

Answer 4

andrew johnson

Question 5

What was Abe’s plan?

Answer 5

10% of voters take oath of loyalty to Union for state to be readmitted

Question 6

what were Abe’s 2 other plans?

Answer 6

1. forgive southern confederates that give oath of loyalty
2. abolish slavery, educate formerly enslaved people

Question 7

when was the 10% plan made?

Answer 7

1863

Question 8

when did 10% plan end?

Answer 8

abe’s death: 1865

Question 9

Andrew Johnson’s attitude toward freed enslaved people vs. South?

Answer 9

no plan for freed enslaved people and more lenient on South

Question 10

when did andrew’s plan fail?

who ignored his plan

Answer 10

1866

republicans in congress

Question 11

what plan did radical republicans have?

Answer 11

wade-davis bill

Question 12

what was the wade-davis bill?

Answer 12

50% of state pledge loyalty to US, confederates not back in office, emanicaption in south, equality

Question 13

why do some people consider reconstruction to be a success?

Answer 13

13th, 14th, 15th
NAACP
Voting Acts Right
segregation ended in 64’
freedmen’s bureau

Question 14

why do some people consider Reconstruction to be a failure?

Answer 14

13th - abolish slavery unless convicted
sharecropping
kkk
black codes
till
bloody sunday
segregation

Question 15

what was the freedmen’s bureau?

Answer 15

fed, hospitals, medical aid, Howard, provide neccesities, reunited families, settled labor contracts, intro of gov. into social welfare

Question 16

when was reconstruction

Answer 16

65-77

Question 17

Black Codes

Answer 17

stopped freed f/ participating in mainstream (second class citizenship)

Question 18

examples of black codes

Answer 18

1. illegal to be unemployed
2. raise voice to white woman
3. sell food after dark
4. walk on railraod track

Question 19

13th

date

Answer 19

abolishes slavery except for punishment for crime

65

Question 20

define reconstruction era (what african americans did)

Answer 20

conventions, voted, held positions

Question 21

14th 4 components

date

Answer 21

birthright citizenship, freedom, equality, congress more power

68

Question 22

15th

date

Answer 22

right to vote regardless of race - loophole

70

Question 23

how did the 14th stop black codes?

Answer 23

equal protection under law
black codes-second-class citizenship, 14th-citizenship to all

Question 24

how did reconstruction end in 1877?

Answer 24

compromise of 1877

Question 25

How did reconstruction end in 1877?

Answer 25

The compromise of 1877

Question 26

what was the compromise of 1877

Answer 26

• election 1866: s. democrats won by 51%, n.republicans want recount
• rutherford won
• federal troops removed f/south and southern states given commodities

Question 27

why was andrew impeached?

what act did it violate

how many bills did he veteo

Answer 27

he removed Edwin Stanton (cabinet officer)

tenure of office act

15

Question 28

how did southerners begin to restrict the rights of african americans in the South after Reconstruction ended?

what groups were created during reconstruction, why

Answer 28

jim crow laws

,kkk and white league: voter intimidation and brutal murder

Question 29

define jim crow

what kind of term is it? where is it from? citizenship?

Answer 29

laws in southern states for segregation, derogratory term from ministral character

second-class citizenship

Question 30

why did some people oppose the freedmen’s bureau?

Answer 30

• “wastefulness” of its programs
• opposition to goal: integrating african americans

Question 31

why did some people in the south want reconstruction to end?

Answer 31

wanted to preserve their way of life, loss of political power, economic stagnation

Question 32

Booker t. Washington’s philosophy on how to gain racial equality

Answer 32

gradual; education and economic progress, demonstrating the value of African Americans

Question 33

WEB DuBois philosophy on how to gain racial equality

Answer 33

Talented Teeth leader, real education (not training to be a servant), protest, end of segregation to lead up to right to vote, enforce 15th