reconstruction review did radical republicans think lincoln’s plan was too harsh or too lenient?...
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Reconstruction Review
• Did Radical Republicans think Lincoln’s plan was too harsh or too lenient?
• Lenient
• Both Lincoln’s and Johnson’s plan called for Southern approval of what amendment?
• 13th Amendment
• At first, how did southerners restrict the rights of former slaves?
• By passing black codes.
• What Congressional Act placed the South under five military districts?
• Reconstruction Act of 1867
• By 1872, what major improvement in education had developed in the South?
• The creation of a public school system
• What terrorist group emerged during Reconstruction which prevented African Americans from exercising their rights?
• The Ku Klux Klan
• Who became the US President after the death of Lincoln?
• Andrew Johnson
• Who was the President from 1868 to 1876, during which time his administration was known for graft and corruption?
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Who became US President in 1877, as a result of the Compromise of 1877?
• Rutherford B. Hayes
• Which President ended Reconstruction and removed Federal troops from the South?
• Rutherford B. Hayes
• What was the name of the organization that helped former slaves adjust to freedom?
• Freedman’s Bureau
What was the main reason President Johnson was impeached in the House of Representatives?
For violation of the Tenure of Office Act
• What was the final verdict in the impeachment trial of President Johnson?
• He escaped conviction in the Senate by one vote
• What was a major social failure of Reconstruction?
• Racist attitudes continued in both the North and South
• Which amendment was a series of laws that guaranteed citizenship and civil rights for African Americans?
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Which amendment allowed southern black men to vote for the first time?
• Fifteenth Amendment
• What were Northern Republicans called who moved South seeking economic opportunity after the Civil War?
• Carpetbaggers
• During the Reconstruction Era, which group fought unsuccessfully for voting rights?
• Women
What was the term used to describe Southern States that continued to vote for Democratic candidates?
Solid South
• Why did Northern and Southern voters both grow tired of Reconstruction?
• It symbolized corruption and greed
• What was the main reason Radical Republicans insisted upon a strict reconstruction policy that included military rule?
• Many Southerners had demonstrated continued violence and passed black codes violating the civil rights of African Americans. They also tried to maintain white supremacy through intimidation, beatings and murder.
• What is the term that described poor white southerners that associated with carpetbaggers?
• Scalawags
• After Reconstruction, what were at least three things that developed in the Solid South?
• 1.Segregation laws known as Jim Crow laws and continued racism
• 2. The development of a new and industrialized New South
• 3. The end of Republican rule, and the emergence of the solid south.