History -Chapter 12 - Sections 1-3
how did the Republican Governments in the south attempt to rebuild the region?
-built roads, bridges, railroads\n-established orphanages and institutions for the care of the mentally ill and disabled
what was the difference between sharecropping and tenant farming?
the tenant farmers -rent land for cash & can keep crop Sharecropping - Landowner gives acres of land to farm, farmer keeps small part of crop rest goes to landowner.
in what ways were the rep. disunified?
there were different types of republicans. ex) liberal, radical
what things did many af. am. do with their new found freedom?
took advantage of their freedom to go where they wanted and search for loved ones
the supreme court decision that weakened the 14th amendment by declaring that the fed. gov. had no authority to punish individuals who oppressed blacks was ___
u.s. vs cruikshank
what does the 15th amendment say?
voting cannot be denied for men based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
proposed that congress be responsible for reconstruction
wade davis bill of 1864
the enforcement acts of 1870 and 1871 were an attempt to weaken the ___
KKK
what are scalawags?
a traitor, who was once a democrat and switched to being a republican after war
what does the 14th amendment say?
all persons born or naturalized in the united states were made citizens of the country
dem. in the south were given back the right to vote and hold office by the ____
amnesty act
first president to be impeached
andrew johnson
laws that in effect restored many of the restrictions of slavery to African Americans after the civil war
black codes
northerners who moved to the south after the war
carpetbaggers
the 14th amendment provided a constitutional basis for the _______?
civil rights act
withdrawal of federal troops from the south, federal money to rebuild southern infrastructure, appointment of a conservative southerner to president cabinet
compromise of 1877
how was the African American community's entry onto the political scene a success? how was that success limited?
for the first time, af. am. held office in local, state, and fed. government. af. am. officeholders remained in the minority
aided african americans after the war
freedmen's bureau
the credit mobilier was just one of the scandals that hurt the ___
grant administration
the first African American. u.s. senator
hiram revels
the nominee of both the democrats and the splinter group the liberal republicans in the pres. race of 1872 was ___
horace greely
sought to restore white supremacy to the south
ku klux klan
the goal of lincoln's plan for reconstruction was to be as ___ as possible on the south
lenient
what are carpetbaggers?
northerners who came to the south following the civil war
wanted to destroy the power of former slaveholders
radical republicans
the period from 1865 to 1877 in which the nation attempted to rebuild after the civil war
reconstruction
the strong showing by ___ in the congressional elections of 1866 helped pave the way for congressional reconstrucion
republicans
___ became president and reconstruction essentially ended as a result of the compromise of 1877
rutherford b. hayes
what 3 groups in the south made up the republican party?
scalawags, carpetbaggers, african americans
the house of representatives impeach President Johnson for his violation of the ___
tenure of office act
leader of the radical republicans
thaddeus stevens