Chapter 2.1 plans for reconstruction

What was Lincoln's 10% plan?

10 percent of state voters has to take an oath into abolishing slavery.

Which amendment freed all african americans from slavery ?

14th

What was the Freedmen's Bureau?

A Bureau set up to provide support to newly freed slaves

Who does President Johnson fire ?

A cabin member without congressional ruling

What does it mean to impeach ?

Accuse a public official of committing a crime

What was the 15th amendment about?

African american gains citizenship and the right to vote

Who did the americans believe should be responsible for the reconstruction ?

Congress

Who was Andrew Johnson ?

Democrat who became president after Lincoln was assassinated

How does President Johnson get impeached ?

Doing something without congress's say

Who was andrew johnson known as ?

Former salve holder in tenesee that joins the confederacy

What were some conflicting opinions

Have confederate leaders for treason

When the war ended what had been destroyed ?

Homes , businesses , and properties abandoned.

What was the 13th Amendment about?

Made slavery illegal

What was the Wade-Davis Bill?

Majority of state's white males had to swear loyalty, only whites who didn't fight could vote, any new state had to ban slavery

Who passed and voted on the wade davis bill ?

Passed by congress and voted by lincoln

What was the 14th amendment ?

Provided legal citizenship to African Americans

How did the radical republicans plan for reconstruction differ from Lincoln's and Johnson's ?

Punish the south for slavery , but Lincoln and Jackson wanted to bring back southern states.

Who were the Radical Republicans?

Republicans who wanted to punish the former Confederate states for causing the Civil War

What does servitude mean ?

Slaves

What was a plan for reconstruction ?

South re joining the union and to protect the rights of freed african americans

What two act's does President Johnson veto ?

The civil rights act and 14th amendment

What was the south's plan for african americans?

To find a source of income for them

What does reconstruction mean ?

To rebuild

What did some northerners want to redistribute ?

To redistribute the land to former slaves.

What was the civil rights act of 1866

asserted that all former slaves would receive equal protection under the law.

What did the Radical Republicans believe?

destroying slave owners power and African Americans be granted full citizenship

What was the 15th amendment about?

gave African American men the right to vote