exam 1 - unit 1 - chapter 16 Flashcards
What kind of plan did lincoln want when reunifying the nation?
A quick, lenient, and simple plan.
What year did lincoln die?
1865
Who became pres after lincoln died
andrew johnson
how did johnson seek to reconstitute the union quickly?
pardoning southerners in masse and providing southern states with a clear path back to readmission
non
non
who were radical republicans
members of congress that wanted to remake the south and punish the rebels
Who shot president lincoln
john wilkes booth on april 14, 1865
where was lincoln shot
ford’s theater in washington
what was lincoln watching when he was shot
our american cousin
what was booth’s reasoning behind the assassination of lincoln
he was defending the confederacy and white supremacy
what was the plan of the larger conspiracy booth was a part of
to eliminate the heads of the union gov and keep the confederate fight going
while president johnson concluded that all that needed to be done in the south had been done by early 1866, what did congress do
congress didn’t agree with johnson and forged ahead to stabilize the defeated confederacy and extend to freed people citizenship and equality before the law.
what happened when congress prevailed over johnson’s vetoes
the friction between the president and republicans increased
what was the freedmen’s bureau
it engaged in many initiatives to ease the transition from slavery to freedom
what were some of the things the freedmen’s bureau did
delivered food to blacks and whites in the south, helped freed people gain labor contracts, reunite families of freedmen, devoted energy to education
what was a significant step in the creation of wage labor in place of slavery
freed people gaining labor contracts
what did devoting energy to education do
established scores of public schools where freed people and poor whites could receive both elementary and higher education
what were black codes meant to do
they were designed to maintain the social and economic structure of racial slavery in the absence of slavery (like a new form of slavery)
black codes codified white supremacy by restricting the civic participation of freed slaves. what did the codes deprive them of?
the right to vote, the right to serve on juries, the right to own or carry weapons, and in some cases the right to rent or lease land
who was the 14th amendment created for
slaves
what does the 14th amendment say
“all persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside”
what did the 14th amendment do
it gave citizens equal protection under both the state and federal law, overturning the dred scott decision
through the use of military force and martial law, what were republicans in congress doing
implementing their own plan of bringing law and order to the south
radical republicans who wanted a more equal society pushed their programs forward which led to….
the ratification of the 15th amendment.
