Chapter 16 - The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877 Flashcards
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What was the main goal of President Lincoln’s “Ten Percent Plan”?
To reunify the nation quickly by allowing Southern states to rejoin the Union if 10% of voters pledged allegiance and accepted emancipation.
What did President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan emphasize?
Leniency toward the South, mass pardons, and rapid reintegration of Southern states, with little protection for freedpeople.
Who were the Radical Republicans and what did they advocate?
A group of Northern Republicans who sought to transform Southern society, enforce civil rights for freedpeople, and impose harsher terms on former Confederates.
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
A federal agency established in 1865 to help formerly enslaved people transition to freedom by providing food, education, and legal assistance.
What was the purpose of the 14th Amendment?
To grant citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including former slaves, and to guarantee equal protection under the law.
What triggered the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson?
His violation of the Tenure of Office Act by attempting to remove Secretary of War Edwin Stanton without Senate approval.
What did the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867 do?
: It divided the South into five military districts, enforced civil rights, and required Southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment before rejoining the Union.
What rights did the 15th Amendment aim to protect?
The right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude—though it did not address poll taxes or literacy tests.
What was the Ku Klux Klan’s role during Reconstruction?
A White supremacist group that used terror to intimidate Black citizens and undermine Reconstruction efforts.
What was the Compromise of 1877 and its significance?
An agreement that ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South in exchange for Rutherford B. Hayes becoming president.
Black Codes
Carpetbagger
A term used for notherners working in the South during Reconstruction; it implied that these were opportunists who came south for economic or political gain
Compromise of 1877
Crop-lien system
Freedmans Beureau
Ironclad Oath
Ku Klux Klan
Radical Republicans
Reconstruction
Redeemers
Scalawags
A pejorative term used for southern white people who supported reconstruction
Sharecropping
Ten Percent Plan
Lincoln’s reconstruction plan, which required only 10 percent of the 1860 voters in Confederate states to take an oath of allegiance to the Union
Union Leagues
Fraternal groups loyal to the Union and the Republican Party that became political and civic centers for Black people in former Confederate states.
