unit test 7

Question 1

What were the physical results for the south after the civil war?

Answer 1

• 70% of south shipping industires were desestated
• 1000 mies of railroads destroyed
• 35% of livestock gone

Question 2

what were the human costs of the war?

Answer 2

• 200,000 southeners killed
• 33% of southern white men killed/wounded
• 364,000 northeners killed
• 38,00 African americans killed

Question 3

what was the status of African americn after the war in the south?

Answer 3

free, but now had to fend for themselves

Question 4

what were the effects for the plantation oweners?

Answer 4

lost 3 billion in slaves, 100 million in abandoned property

Question 5

how were the poor white families affected by the freed slaves?

Answer 5

there was competition for jobs now

Question 6

wat was the major question concerning the concept of reconstruction?

Answer 6

punish or pardon the south?

Question 7

what were the 4 steps to lincolns plan he made before he was killed?

Answer 7

• pardon any confederate who would take and oath of alleigencce to the union
• no pardons for any confederate government/ military officer/official or anyone who killed an African American POW’s
• a state may hold a convention to create new constitution after 10% of the white male population in that state swore alleigence to the union
• states may then hold elections and participate in the union

Question 8

what was the problem with lincolns plan for African americans

Answer 8

no nothing rights (

Question 9

why did li coln not mention “readmitting” confederate states?

Answer 9

he believed they never left the union

Question 10

what was the goal of the radical republicans?

Answer 10

true equality for all citizens

Question 11

why was their plan not put into effect?

Answer 11

Lincoln pocket-veoted the bill

Question 12

who became the president after the death of Lincoln?

Answer 12

Andrew johnson

Question 13

why was andrew Johnson able to sympathize with both the north and the south?

Answer 13

He was born a relitivly poor southerner, but he was a part of the uion and a democrat

Question 14

what were the major points to johnsons plan?

Answer 14

• pardon southeners who swear alleigence to union
• • each state may hold a constitutional convention
• states must void secession, abolish slavery, and ignore confederate debts
• states may hold elections and rejoin union

Question 15

what new problems arose in the southern states?

Answer 15

new government in the states were run by racist whites who wanted to ensure that blacks had restricted freedoms in their states

Question 16

what were four examples of the “black codes”?

Answer 16

• curfew (blacks not allowed out after dark)
• vagrancy (blacks can be fined, whiped etc., for not working)
• contracts (blacks had to sign a contract for a year of labor)
• land (blacks could only rent homes in rural areas (worst parts))

Question 17

why did the radical republicans not approve of johnsons plan?

Answer 17

because of the problems that arose and his unwillingness to address them

Question 18

what does their new plan call for?

Answer 18

• south is under martial law and divided into 5 districs, each governed by a northern general
• southern states must hold new elections and create new state governments
• all qualified male voters (including blacks) must be allowed to vote
• no confederate supporters may vote
• southern states must garentee qual rights to all citizens
• states must ratify the 14th admenment

Question 19

why did the radical republicans dislike Johnson so much?

Answer 19

Johnson vetos way too much, they had completely differ views, they wanted to take him down

Question 20

why were imoeachment proceedings on Johnson started?

Answer 20

he tried to fire Stanton- was a violation on the tenure act

Question 21

how did Johnson fare in the house of reps?

Answer 21

126-47 voted to impeach him

Question 22

why was Johnson ultimately not removed from office?

Answer 22

2/3 has to vote to impeach him- he survived by one vote

Question 23

who won the election of 1868?

Answer 23

Ulysses s. grant

Question 24

why was this person so popular thoughout the country?

Answer 24

very well liked for being a great general in the civil war

Question 25

why was he considered an ineffective president?

Answer 25

effective as a general but lacked skills needed to be president and he was easily minipluated by congress

Question 26

who were the carpet baggers? why were thy given this name?

Answer 26

northern republicans who went south seeking to make money off the misery of the south

Question 27

who were the scalawags? what did this name mean?

Answer 27

white southeners wh supported the republican party. this term was meant to characterize these people as traitors

Question 28

southern terrorism:

Answer 28

- white southeners who were upset at the defeat of the confederacy and the newfound freedon of the blacks sought to fight back - they formed the society known as the ku klux klan - they used threats and violence to spread their vewis, killing thousands - membership in the ku klux klan was common amoung white southern males

Question 29

responding to the Klan:

Answer 29

- at president grant's request, congress responded to the Klan violence - they passed the enforcement act of 1870 which prevented klansmen from interfering with voting rights of blacks - thousands of kllansmen were arrested and tried and the Klan was virtually whipped out

Question 30

ending reconstruction:

Answer 30

- by 1872 most confederates had been pardoned and the democrat party regained much power in the south - the supremem court handed down several decisions that left interpretation of the 14th and 15th amendment to the states - the presidential election of 1876 pitted republican Rutherford b. Hayes against democrat samual J. tilden. hayes won by one more electoral vote than tilden but tilden won the popular vote - results in four staes were disputed

Question 31

compromise of 1877:

Answer 31

- a commission was created to solve the dispute over the election of 1876 - more republicans were on the commission than democrats - the commission named hayes the victor, but the democrats in congress rejected the decision - they agreed to the compromise of 1877 which allowed hayes to become president in return for the removal of federal troops from the south - the democrats now had full control of the south - reconstruction is considered "complete" in 1877

Question 32

successes of reconstruction:

Answer 32

-union restored -economy saved -14th nd 15th amendments -more opportunities for African americans southern states implanted mandatory education

Question 33

failures of the reconsrruction:

Answer 33

- bitterness of white southeners toward federal government - south is slow to industrialize - southern state governemnts and KKK deny 14th and 15th admendments - southerners left in poverty - racist attitudes toward blacks

Question 34

13th amendment:

Answer 34

abolish slavery

Question 35

14th admendment:

Answer 35

equal protection under law

Question 36

15th amendment:

Answer 36

right to vote for qualified males