Ch 15 Terms

Question 1

First president to be impeached

Answer 1

Andrew Johnson

Question 2

One of the most scandal ridden administrations in American history

Answer 2

Ulysses S grant

Question 3

Corrupt leader who defrauded New York City

Answer 3

William tweed

Question 4

Political cartoonist who advocated reforms

Answer 4

Thomas nast

Question 5

Eccentric New York newspaper editor who ran against grant in 1872

Answer 5

Horace Greeley

Question 6

Lawyer who helped to reform corruption in New York City

Answer 6

Samuel Tilden

Question 7

Winner in the most disputed presidential election in American history at that time

Answer 7

Rutherford B Hayes

Question 8

First black to serve in the US congress

Answer 8

Hiram revels

Question 9

Republican minority that wanted to deal harshly with the south

Answer 9

Radical republican

Question 10

Indictment of a political official by congress

Answer 10

Impeachment

Question 11

Northern radical who moves to the south

Answer 11

Carpetbagger

Question 12

Southern radical

Answer 12

Scalawag

Question 13

Denial of someone’s right to vote

Answer 13

Disfranchisement

Question 14

Method for freed slaves to farm land without cash

Answer 14

Sharecropping

Question 15

Southerners who wanted to oust republican rule and restore white majority rule

Answer 15

Redeemer

Question 16

Political corruption

Answer 16

Grantism

Question 17

Type of republican who opposed the radicals in 1872

Answer 17

Liberal republican

Question 18

Paper money not backed by gold or silver

Answer 18

Greenbacks

Question 19

Lincoln’s attempt to reestablish civilian government in the south quickly

Answer 19

Ten percent plan

Question 20

Required that a majority of voters in each southern state sign an oath of allegiance

Answer 20

Wade-Davis bill

Question 21

support of the Democratic Party in the former confederate states following Near unanimous reconstruction

Answer 21

The solid south

Question 22

Abolished slavery

Answer 22

Thirteenth amendment

Question 23

Guaranteed citizenship rights

Answer 23

Fourteenth amendment

Question 24

Divided the south into 5 military districts

Answer 24

Military reconstruction plan

Question 25

Attempted to regulate the conduct of former slaves

Answer 25

Black codes

Question 26

The right for a citizen to vote regardless of race , color , or previous condition of Guaranteed servitude

Answer 26

Fifteenth amendment