History and Geography unit 6: Reconstruction Flash cards
Fifteenth Amendment
ensured the right to vote for black males
Joint Committee of Fifteen
investigated conditions in the South
All Federal troops were removed from the South in the year ________ , and white supremacy was restored
1877
Which of the following was the best-known of the secret societies that stopped blacks from voting?
Ku Klux Klan
what were Southerners called the remained loyal to the Union?
Scalawags
Lincoln's reconstruction plan stated that the new state governments had to be republican in form.
True
Reconstruction was dealt a serious blow by Lincoln's death.
True
The_______ Bill would have required a majority of a Southern state's electorate to take the Oath of Loyalty before forming a new government.
Wade-Davis
amnesty
a general pardon or conditional offer for past offenses against the government
suffrage
the right to vote; the act of voting
Impeach
to accuse a public officer of wrongdoing
For the whites to take control of the governments i the South, they had to prevent the blacks from____
voting
Andrew Johnson
was Lincoln's successor
Why was Johnson's plan unacceptable to the radicals?
1. New Southerner congressmen would impair Republican control of Congress 2. it did not punish the South enough 3. it did not guarantee blacks' right to vote in the South
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
to relive itself of military occupation, each state had to do which of the following?
1. create a state government acceptable to Congress 2. to guarantee black suffrage 3. to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
What were Northerners called that descended upon the South to take control of the government?
Carpetbaggers
The three states reconstructed under Lincoln's plan were Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
False
How did Lincoln's assassination affect the South during the Reconstruction?
It hurt the South
The indirect veto of a legislative bill by an executive retaining the bill unsigned until after adjournment of the legislature is called:
Pocket Veto
Command of the Army Act
President had issue commands through general of the army
The majority of the republican party during reconstruction was called:
Republican Radicals
1870
all states were readmitted to Union
Freedmen's Bureau
helped ex-slaves make the transition to freedom
Black Codes
limited the civil and economic rights of blacks
Fourteenth Amendment
made freed slaves citizens of the United States
The first Reconstruction Act divided the South into five ______ districts, each controlled by a general and his soldiers.
military
Seven Martyrs
republicans who voted not to impeach President Johnson
Tenure of Office Act
required senate consent to dismiss officials appointed with their consent
The president who granted amnesty to those Confederates who took the Oath of Loyalty to the Union was President ___________.
Andrew Johnson
Lincoln's plan allowed a former Confederate state to form a new government once ________ percent of the electorate had taken the Oath of Loyalty.
Ten