Reconstruction

Question 1

Lincolns 10% Plan

Answer 1

10% of 1860 voters (White rich landowners) take an oath of loyalty to the union. This excluded a high-ranking military officials and Confederate leaders.

Question 2

Johnsons 10%+ Plan

Answer 2

All white man with property over $20,000 are not allowed in the government, but if you come to DC and beg he will give you a pardon

Question 3

Congressional reconstruction plan

Answer 3

To add the 15th amendment, enforce the enforcement acts, involve the civil rights, bring up the tenure of office act, and put five military districts in the south

Question 4

Civil rights act 1875

Answer 4

Made sure that there is equality in all public facilities. That there is no segregation

Question 5

Enforcement acts

Answer 5

Also known as the KKK acts, One act provided for the federal supervision of elections in Southern states. Another act gave the president the power to use federal troops in areas where the Klan was active

Question 6

Freeman’s bureau

Answer 6

Federal agency made to help Friedman settle after the war

Question 7

Grants presidency

Answer 7

Involved corruption I was overshadowed by the president. He appointed friends to the cabinet, liberal Republican Party formed to beat him in the next election

Question 8

Panic of 1873

Answer 8

A series of financial failures in the US that made a five-year depression

Question 9

Election of 1876

Answer 9

Between Sam Tilden (Dem) and Rutherford Hayes (Repub).

Dems appointed him even though he lost the popular vote as long as he agreed to the compromise of 1877.

Question 10

Compromise of 1877

Answer 10

• democrats must be in his cabinet
• last of the military government removed in the south
• promised money to rebuild Southern rail lines