Chapter 10 Flashcards
Reconstruction (34 cards)
_ _ _ ran for president after Johnson was impeached?
Ulysses S. Grant
_ _ wanted “No persecution no bloody, work” during reconstruction.
Abraham Lincoln
_ _ were the series of new laws that Southern Legislatures passed that severely limited African American rights.
Black Codes
The moderate republicans’ thought Lincoln’s actions were too _.
lenient
Before the Civil War, the number of Southern seats in the house of representatives was defined by the / _.
3/5 Compromise
_ _ became president immediately after Lincoln was assassinated.
Andrew Johnson
It was the mission of the _ _to feed and clothe war refugees in the South using surplus army supplies?
Freedmen’s Bureau
_ is a pardon for a crime already committed.
amnesty
To override the Black Codes, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, granting citizenship to all men except _ _.
Native Americans
The _ Amendment made African Americans citizens of the US and gave African American men the right to vote?
14th
When we talk about “Reconstruction” who is being “reconstructed”? _ _
The South
_ _ opposed Lincoln’s plan to pardon Southerners.
Radical Republicans
The _ _ believed that the North needed to revolutionize Southern institutions, habits, and manners.
Radical Republicans
The _ Amendment protected the right to vote that African American men had already been given.
15th
The _ Amendment outlawed slavery in the USA for good.
13th
The - _ said that over 50% of white males in a state must take an oath of allegiance to be readmitted to the Union .
Wade-Davis Bill
President Lincoln blocked the Wade-Davis Bill with a _ _.
pocket veto
White Southerners who worked with Republicans and supported Reconstruction were known as “_”.
scalawags
The largest gorup in the South to terrorize African Americans was the _.
Ku Klux Klan
Some Southerners organized secret societies to _ African Americans and white supporters of Reconstruction.
terrorize
Once freed, many former slaves immediately sought _.
education
“_” was the name Southern Democrats gave Northerners who moved South to get elected to positions in state governments.
Carpetbaggers
Many Southeners despised the “_ _” governments, which they beleived the Northerners had forced upon them.
Black Republican
The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to keep African Americans from _ or exercising their civil rights in any way.
voting