Review for Test on Reconstruction

In simple terms, what did the thirteenth, fourteenth, and

fifteenth amendments provide?

• 13-abolish slavery or freedom

• 14-citizenship

• 15-the vote

How much of a majority must the president be convicted of if he has been through an impeachment trial?

•2/3

What is the term used to describe northerners that came to the south to take

advantage of the new political, social, and

economic conditions in the former states of the defeated

Confederacy?

•Carpetbaggers

What are the years of Reconstruction?

•1865-1877

Who was the VP who replaced Lincoln after he was

assassinated?

•Andrew Johnson

Abraham Lincoln wanted to be lenient on the

Reconstruction of the South. He had a policy in effect when he died that

was called

•Ten percent plan

Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

• John Wilkes Booth

What are the parts of the Reconstruction Act of

1867?• Divided all succeeded states into 5

Military Districts

• headed by a Union General

• ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

• draw up new constitutions with the addition of allowing African Americans the right to vote

What is the term used to describe the ability to run state governments without

federal intervention?

•Home Rule

Who was the leader of the Radical

Republicans?

• Thaddeus Stevens

What gave former slaves and poor whites (of the former

confederacy) food, clothing, hospitals, and schools?

• The Freedman’s Bureau

What was the accusation that caused the

impeachment of the President in 1868?

The president had violated the tenure in

office act

How many military districts were the old Confederate states

broken into, when Reconstruction was put into

place?

•5

What was President Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan?

• Each state had to declare that its secession was illegal

• swear allegiance to the Union

• ratify the thirteenth Amendment

What political party took control of the south when reconstruction

was over?

• Democrats

Which political party was interested in punishing the

south and giving more rights to freed African Americans during the Reconstruction Era?

•Republicans

What type of farming had the farmer rent land for cash then use their own tools

and equipment which they would, eventually, moved up the ladder and became

owners of land?

• Tenant Farming

What does impeach mean?

• To charge

Johnson was not removed from office in 1868,

why?

• The second portion of the trial proceeding did not have

enough votes to convict

When the impeachment process in effect. Where does the impeachment

charges start and where does it have the trial?

• Starts in the House of Representatives

• Tried in the Senate

What type of farming had Landowners divide their land and gave each worker a few acres along with seed and

tools( When crops are harvested each workers gave

a portion of his crop to the landowner)?

• Sharecropping

What are the two types of reconstruction plans that

were instituted?

• Presidential Reconstruction

• Congressional Reconstruction

What is the term used to describe northerners that came to the south to take

advantage of the new political, social, and

economic conditions in the former states of the defeated

Confederacy?

• Carpetbaggers

What was the name of the vigilante group that

wanted to restore white supremacy after the Civil

War?

• Ku Klux Klan

Which president promised to end reconstruction if

he was elected?

•Rutherford B. Hayes

What are Black Codes?

Restrictive laws that Southern states adopted

after the Civil War to regulate the freedom and

movement of former slaves

Who was the first black Senator in the United

States?

•Hiram Revels

What is the term for southerners who joined the Republican Party or

associated with carpetbaggers during

Reconstruction?

•Scalawag

Which President had scandals such as

bribery, fraud, and a panic during his

presidency?

•Grant

There are only two presidents that were

impeached, who were they?

• Andrew Johnson

• William Clinton

What predominately black college was created in GA

during the Reconstruction Era?

• Morehouse

What infrastructure was added to the south if they voted for the Republican candidate in 1876

• Railroads

What is the name of the bill that became the Radical Republican’s plan for

reconstruction

• Wade Davis Bill