Social Studies 2022 Flashcards
(25 cards)
What were the reconstruction years?
1865-1877
What occured first congressional reconstruction or presidential reconstruction?
Presidential Reconstruction
Who did lincoln chose as his running mate
Andrew Johnson
Us Grant Vigorously prosecuted which racial group?
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Biggest difference between Andrew & Lincoln
Andrew was a democrat, while lincoln was a republican
Grant was at the ________ of the presidential __________ but now he’s in the _______ or ________ half.
Bottom, Rankings, Middle, top
Jefferson listed 3 “unalien” rights, what were they?
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
What does “Unalienable” mean
The Government can’t take away these rights unless due process
Alexander Stevens
Vice president of the confederacy
What state was Grant Born in
Ohio
3 presidents have been impeached those people are _______, _______, and _______
Andrew Johnson, Bill clinton, Donald trump
Who was the leader of the radical republicans
Thadius Stevan
What was US Grants 1868 campain slogan
“let us have peace”
Was Grant a republican or a democrat?
Republican
Grant had a reputation of both ______ and _______
Drinking, Smoking
Which group did he try hard to crush.
The kkk
What was the result of the 1872 election
Grant won
Grant got _______ electoral votes Greeley got ________ electoral votes
Popular vote: Grant _______ % Greeley ________ %
268, 66, 56%, 44%
How many have been removed by the Senate following impeachment?
Zero, none have been taken out?
TCR cut coast to coast travel from _____ months to _____ days!!!
6, 10
How was sharecropping different from slavery?
The blacks would get a place to live and some of the money and the crop, while slavery was the exact opposite
_______ governments in the South claimed that they were saving the southern states from ________and _______
State, “Northern Republican corruption”, and “Black rule”
How was Reconstruction a success?
it granted freedom and rights, especially the vote
What did the Democrats get in the bargain
They seized control of the north without the north having too much power leaving it to the Democrats.
