section 1-2 Flashcards
true or false: Slavey was illegal now and dropped by all southerns if false y
despite slavery being illegal, not all Southerners agreed and were willing to change their there attitudes
what are black codes and what did they limit?
Black codes were created to limit AAs freedoms;
- the AA had to sign a work contract
- if couldn’t prove had a job would be arrested/jailed
- couldn’t own a gun
- could only rent in citites
who did black codes anger?
REPUBLICANS ESPESACIALLY REPUBLICAN RADICALS
two leaders of the radicals
Sumter and Stevens
what did sumter and stevens believe
believed johnsons plan was a failure
what happened in 1866
Freedman BUreau
what is the Freedmens Bureau
freedmen bureau is an agency that provided schools in the south, provided legal for help for freed people and distributed food to poor peeps
acts of 1866
gave AA same legal rights as white citizens
what was the election 1866 mainly about
rights for AAs
what happened may of 1866
3 day wave of violence at a rally in Tennessee
why did the three day rally happen
between local cop and black union solider. this dispute turned into a three day violence against AAs
how can a state get readmitted?
to get readmitted a state had to make new state constitution and give AA males the right to vote
why didn’t Johnson agree
Johnson didnt agree because he felt AA didnt deserve such a privilege.
Congress knew Johnson was trouble so they pass a…..
law saying he couldn’t remove cabinet members without authority he didn’t care
who did JOhnson Fire
SECRETARY OF WAR
TRUE OR FALSE pres Johnson was impeached
false put on trail but people felt bad so he wasn’t convicted however his popularity was decreasing
election of 1866 who did the democrats chose to run for them and who did the democrats pick
Horatio Stevens and Ulyssess Grant
who won the election of 1866
GRANT
15th amendment passed…….
to preserve Reconstruction Act
reconstruction Acts
these laws divided south into five districts
Reconstruction
the process of readmitting the former Confederate