History 8B Unit 1 Quiz 3-L2
Amnesty
A general pardon or conditional offer for past offenses against the government
Seven Martyrs
Republicans who voted not to impeach President Johnson
Tenure of Office Act
Required Senate consent to dismiss officials appointed with their consent
1870
All states were readmitted to Union
Fifteenth Amendment
Ensured the right to vote for black males
Freedman's Bureau
Helped ex-slaves make the transition to freedom
Joint Committee of Fifteen
Investigated conditions in the South
Black Codes
Limited the civil and economic rights of blacks
Fourteenth Amendment
Made freed slaves citizens of the United States
Command of the Army Act
President had to issue commands through general of the army
Military
The first Reconstruction Act divided the South into five _________ districts, each controlled by a general and his soldiers.
Andrew Johnson
The president who granted amnesty to those Confederates who took the Oath of Loyalty to the Union was President ________.
Suffrage
The right to vote; the act of voting
Impeach
To accuse a public officer of wrongdoing
Create a state government acceptable to Congress To guarantee black suffrage To ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
To relieve itself of military occupation, each state had to do which of the following?
Andrew Johnson
Was Lincoln's successor
New Southern congressmen would impair Republican control of Congress. It did not punish the South enough. It did not guarantee blacks' right to vote in the South.
Why was Johnson's plan unacceptable to the radicals?