Politcal Developments: Andrew Johnson's time as President

Question 1

When was Andrew Johnson President?

Answer 1

1865-1869

Question 2

What wa Johnson’s previous position in the government before becoming Prime Minister?

Answer 2

He was Lincoln’s Vice President

Question 3

What did Johnson do when all of the southern states left the USA?

Answer 3

He stayed on the side of the Union

Question 4

How did Johnson feel towards the Southern states?

Answer 4

He was more sympathetic towards them and wanted to let them handle their own governments

Question 5

What was an issue with Johnsons Reconstruction policies?

Answer 5

They conflicted with those proposed by Radical Republicans

Question 6

What was the process of Reconstruction that Congress wanted to make?

Answer 6

Giving African Americans equal voting rights to white citizens

Question 7

What did the 1867 Reconstruction Act do?

Answer 7

It put military troops into the South

Question 8

What positive impact did the 1867 Radical Reconstruction Act have on African Americans?

Answer 8

There were eventually over 2000 African Americans present in governmental positions by 1868

Question 9

What Bill did Johnson pass that Lincoln vetoed?

Answer 9

Wade-Davis Bill

Question 10

What did the Wade-Davis Bill do?

Answer 10

Made it so that ex-Confederate associates were not able to get in to Congress

Question 11

What was a limitation with Johnson’s attempt to keep ex-Confederates out of governments?

Answer 11

The new governments were still dominated by Southern ex-confederate members

Question 12

What decisions did the White Politicians make during Andrew Johnson’s Presidency?

Answer 12

They enforced segregation and racism

Question 13

What racism legal structure did the Southern states adopt?

Answer 13

The Black Codes

Question 14

What did the Black Codes attempt to do to all African Americans?

Answer 14

Criminalize them

Question 15

Why would there be an attempt at criminalisation of all African Americans in Southern states?

Answer 15

So that they could be punished and given the punishment of slavery

Question 16

What Constitutional Amendment loophole were the Southern States using to their advantage?

Answer 16

The 13th Amendment did not ban slavery as a punishment

Question 17

What act was created to try and prevent the Southern states from re-creating slavery? What year was it passed?

Answer 17

Civil Rights Act, 1866

Question 18

What did the 1866 Civil Rights Act say? Which group of people did it exclude?

Answer 18

Anyone born in the United States was a citizen of the United States. Except Native Americans

Question 19

Which Reconstruction Act was passed that was overriding the President?

Answer 19

1867 Radical Reconstruction Act

Question 20

How did Johnson feel about the power had with enforcing Reconstruction?

Answer 20

He felt that they had too much power

Question 21

Who became President in 1869?

Answer 21

Ulysses S Grant

Question 22

What did Johnson say about the conditions of Southern States rejoining the USA?

Answer 22

They would have to accept the new Constitutional Amendments

Question 23

Name 2 sections of the Republican Party that were against Johnson as of December 1865?

Answer 23

Conservative Republicans, Radical Republicans

Question 24

What piece of Power did Johnson use to try and go against lots of Bills which other parties proposed?

Answer 24

Presidential Veto

Question 25

Why did Johnson veto so many bills?

Answer 25

He did not like the way the Republicans were handling Reconstruction

Question 26

What was the impact of Johnson vetoing so many bills?

Answer 26

It alienated the Republicans

Question 27

What did Congress attempt to do to the Freedmen's Bureau in 1866? How did Johnson respond?

Answer 27

Congress attempted to extend the Freedmens Bureau by 3 years, Johnson vetoed it.

Question 28

Which Civil Rights Act did Johnson veto and in what year?

Answer 28

Civil Rights Act, 1866

Question 29

What did Congress try to do after Johnson vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau renewal the first time?

Answer 29

Congress tried to make a new Freedmen's Bureau

Question 30

What did the 14th Amendment do? When was it ratified?

Answer 30

Gave African Americans citizenship. It was ratified in 1868

Question 31

What did the 15th Amendment do? When was it ratified?

Answer 31

It made it so that citizens could not be denied the right to vote on the grounds of race, ratified in 1870

Question 32

What did not help with the Johnson's Southern Relations in terms of what he did with the 14th Amendment when he passed it?

Answer 32

He refused to compromise

Question 33

What initially happened to the Radical Reconstruction Act with Johnson?

Answer 33

He vetoed it

Question 34

What happened with the Radical Reconstruction Act after Johnson vetoed it?

Answer 34

It was re-voted on in Congress and passed

Question 35

How would the Southern States be allowed back in to the Union?

Answer 35

If they accepted the new Constitutional Amendments

Question 36

Who wanted to confiscate Southern estates and redistribute the lands to liberated slaves? Which group of Republicans were they a leader of?

Answer 36

Thaddeus Stevens, leader of the Radical Republicans

Question 37

What did Johnson oppose with the 1867 Reconstruction Act?

Answer 37

He opposed military intervention

Question 38

When was the KKK formed? (To the month)

Answer 38

December 1865

Question 39

How was the KKK evidence of disunity over Reconstruction even early on?

Answer 39

The KKK was created only 8 months after the Civil War ended

Question 40

Name an Act Congress passed which limited Andrew Johnson's power

Answer 40

The 1867 Tenure Act

Question 41

What did the 1867 Tenure Act do?

Answer 41

Limited people that Johnson could dismiss from his cabinet

Question 42

What did Johnson do which resulted in him being impeached?

Answer 42

He attempted to dismiss the Secretary of War who had been in that position since Lincoln's cabinet

Question 43

What happened after Johnson tried to dismiss the Secretary of War?

Answer 43

The impeachment process started

Question 44

What was the result of the vote for Johnson's impeachment?

Answer 44

They were 1 vote off the impeachment going through

Question 45

What was the purpose of the 1867 Tenure Act?

Answer 45

To catch Johnson doing something criminal so that he could be impeached