The reconstruction

The president who granted amnesty to those Confederates who took the Oath of Loyalty to the Union was

President Jahnson

required Senate consent to dismiss officials appointed with their consent

Tenure of Office Act

The three states reconstructed under Lincoln's plan were Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.

False

? assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

John Wilkes Booth

was Lincoln's successor

Andrew Johnson

President had to issue commands through general of the army

Command of the Army Act

The Bill ? would have required a majority of a Southem state's electorate to take the Oath of Loyalty before forming a new govermment

Wade-davis

a general pardon or conditional offer for past offenses against the government

amnesty

? were Northerners who descended upon the South to take control of the government.

carpetbaggers

To relieve itself of military occupation, each state had to call a ? and to create a state government acceptable to ? to guarantee ? ratify the

constitutional convention Congress black suffrage Fourteenth Amendment

Reconstruction was dealt a serious blow by Lincoln's death.

*True

to accuse a public officer of wrongdoing

impeach

Lincoln's plan allowed a former Confederate state to form a new government once ? percent of the electorate had taken the Oath of Loyaly

10

Radicals controlled most of the governments in the South between the years ? and ?

1868 and 1878

All Federal troops were removed from the South in the year ? and white supremacy was restored.

1877

How did Lincoin's assassination affect the South during the Reconstruction?

it hurt the South

The first Reconstruction Act divided the South into five ? each controlled by a ? and his ?

military districts general troops

The "indirect veto of legislative bill by an executive retaining the bill unsigned until after adjournment of the legislature" is called

pocket vetoing

Why was Johnson's plan unacceptable to the radicals?

New Southern congressmen would impair Republican control of Congress.& It did not punish the South enough.& It did not punish the South enough. It did not guarantee blacks' right to vote in the South.

under Johnson's plan, amnesty was granted to most Confederates who took the ? and Southern states could organize governments after they canceled Confederate ? and ratified the ?

Oath of Loyalty Debts Thirteenth Amendment

Republicans who voted not to impeach President Johnson

Seven Martyrs

all states were readmitted to Union

1870

limited the civil and economic rights of blacks

Black Codes

For the whites to take control of the governments in the South, they had to prevent the

Blacks from voting

The Republicans passed the ? in recognition of the importance of the Black vote.

Fifteenth Amendment

ensured the right to vote for black males

Fifteenth Amendment

made freed slaves citizens of the United States

Fourteenth Amendment

helped ex-slaves make the transition to freedom

Freedmen's Bureau

investigated conditions in the South

Joint Committee of Fifteen

the ? was the best-known of the secret societies that stopped blacks from voting

Ku Klux Klan

the ? in Congress felt Lincoln's plan was too lenient and did not want the president to control the Reconstruction

Republican Radicals

The majority of the Republican Party during the Reconstruction" was called

Republican radicals

Lincoln's Reconstruction plan stated that the new state governments had to be republican in form.

True

The vocabulary word meaning "of a republic (a form of government managed by representatives that are elected by the people)" is

republican

? were Southerners who remained loyal to the Union.

scalawags

Southern states could organize provisional governments and send ? and ? to Congress after canceling Confederate debts and ratifying the Thirteenth Amendment

senators representatives

the right to vote, the act of voting

suffrage