APush reconstruction era

Reconstruction rolled back

* Democrats gained control of the House in 1874 * Most of the country (including the Grant administration) was no longer concerned with the South * The supreme court rejects equal rights: - US v Cruikshank - Says the Fourteenth Amendment protects individuals rights from the State, not from other citizens. - Civil Rights Cases - 14th amendment did not prevent Private discrimination, only government discrimination. * The Political Crisis of 1877: - Hayes (Republican) v Tilden (Democrat) - Tilden received 184 electoral votes to Hays 165; 185 needed to win (20 votes were in dispute) - Eventually, all 20 were given to Hayes - Importance of the Compromise of 1877 - Reconstruction ENDS!!! The military is withdrawn from South.

How was the women's rights group split?

* Lucy Stone and the American Suffrage Association hoped to achieve suffrage after Reconstruction *Elizabeth Cady Stanton feared suffrage was not likely near, National Woman Suffrage Association advocated an amendment for women's suffrage.

Under Johnson's plan, Southerners elected their Southern Congressman, but congress __________. With the black codes and violence against freedmen, congress steps in with _______

- refused to seat them - Freedmen's Bureau and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (Johnson vetoed both)

Southern states rejoined the union by ______, but the ______ still remained in the South

1871; military

Look at 1865 cartoon by Thomas Nast.Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the perspective of the cartoon? (A) Southern politicians(B) Radical Republicans(C) Northern opponents of the war(D) Veterans of the Confederate Army The sentiments expressed in the cartoon above most directly contributed to which of the following?(A) The passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments(B) The movement of African Americans away from the farms where many had been held as slaves(C) The prevalence of the sharecropping system(D) The passage of segregation laws in Southern states The controversy highlighted in the cartoon above most directly led to the(A) emergence of more vigorous Southern resistance to African American rights(B) industrialization of some segments of the Southern economy(C) issuance of court rulings such as Plessy v. Ferguson sanctioning racial segregation(D) development of African American efforts to support vocational education The ideas expressed in the cartoon above most directly reflect which of the following continuities in United States history?(A) Debates about federalism and states' rights(B) Debates about access to voting rights(C) Debates about the role of the federal government in the economy(D) Debates about the proper role of political parties Which of the following 20th-century issues most closely parallels the controversy depicted in the cartoon above?(A) The opposition to the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s(B) The growth of conservatism in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s(C) The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s(D) The expansion of migration to the United States after 1965

BAABC

"There is, at present, no danger of another insurrection against the authority of the United States on a large scale, and the people are willing to reconstruct their State governments, and to send their senators and representatives to Congress. But as to the moral value of these results, we must not indulge in any delusions. . . . [T]here is, as yet, among the southern people an utter absence of national feeling. . . ."Aside from the assumption that the Negro will not work without physical compulsion, there appears to be another popular notion . . . that the Negro exists for the special object of raising cotton, rice and sugar for the whites, and that it is illegitimate for him to indulge, like other people, in the pursuit of his own happiness in his own way."- Carl Schurz, Report on the Condition of the South, 186545. Schurz's analysis most directly illustrated the debates about which of the following issues in the South? (A) The industrialization of the South(B) The issuing of the EmancipationProclamation(C) The process of readmitting Confederate states(D) The extent of federal legislative power The attitudes of White Southerners described by Schurz contributed to which of the following developments in the last quarter of the nineteenth century?(A) The sale of most plantations to African Americans to keep them in the South(B) The establishment of sharecropping throughout the South(C) The Nullification Crisis caused by Southern resistance to federal policy(D) The rise of the Whig Party in the South Efforts by Republicans such as Schurz to establish a base for their party in the South after the Civil War ultimately failed because(A) Republicans feared the Southwould secede again if the party became too successful(B) Republican opposition to African American rights alienated many White Southerners(C) Republicans grew weary of pressing their Reconstruction agenda in a hostile environment(D) Republicans believed it better to withdraw from the South than to become corrupted by Southern politics

C,B,C

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the perception of many White Southerners that antislavery sentiment was spreading in the 1850s?

Congress voted to end the interstate slave trade.

Which of the following occurred during Radical Reconstruction? A- The passage of the Black Codes B- A permanent shift of Southern voters to the Republican Party C- The creation of a new industrial base in amajority of Southern states D-The formation of the Ku Klux KlanE- Widespread redistribution of confiscatedland to former slaves

D

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Defined citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. (Granted blacks rights protected equally by law)

Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct?

For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank.

Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

He violated the Tenure of Office Act that was implemented to keep him from removing republicans from office. However, he really was wanted out of office because of his stubborn defiance against Congress on Reconstruction.Johnson was impeached for removing the secretary of war from office but he was not removed from office!!** Fell one vote short of removal

The United States Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) represented a departure from earlier practices in which of the following ways?

It held that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States.

Congress vs. President

Joint Committee on Reconstruction created.February 1866 President vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau bill.March 1866 Johnson vetoed the 1866 Civil Rights Act.Congress passed both bills over Johnson's vetoes 1st in U. S. history!!

Freedman's Bureau, 1865

Provided food, education, and assistance to former slaves and poor whites. - Biggest success was in education (schools in South)

Lincoln/Johnson Plan

The President and Vice President's plan for Reconstruction. It called for treating former Confederates well, and making it easy for the former Confederate States to rejoin the Union. It was meant to be a quick and easy process so that the Union could heal. * Amnesty (pardon/ forgiveness) to most confederates * States could be readmitted once 10% of voters in 1860 pledged loyalty and ratified 13th amendment

Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?

The Republican and Democratic parties effected a compromise agreement after the 1876 presidential election.

Which of the following occurred during Radical Reconstruction?

The formation of the Ku Klux Klan

African Americans who fled the violence of the Reconstruction South in 1879 and 1880 to start anew in Kansas were known as (A) exodusters(B) homesteaders(C) scalawags(D) jayhawkers(E) the Colored Farmers' National Alliance

a

Support for slavery in the Southern states was based on all of the following reasons EXCEPT:(A) Most White families owned slaves.(B) Slaveholders believed that slaves wereinferior and required White guardianship.(C) Slavery was condoned in the Bible.(D) White plantation owners feared abolitionwould destroy the South's economy.(E) Poor White farmers feared the economiccompetition of four million freed persons.

a

After the Civil War, women reformers and former abolitionists were divided over(A) creation of a sharecropping system in the South(B) legislation that ensured the voting rights of African American males(C) use of military forces to keep order in the South(D) reliance on female workers in Northern factories(E) redemption of green back dollars for gold currency

b

During Reconstruction, a major economic development in the South was the(A) creation of large commercial and banking centers(B) spread of sharecropping(C) rise of large-scale commercial farming (D) decline of the textile industry(E) emergence of the cotton economy

b

The sentiments expressed in the proclamation would have been most widely condemned by White residents of

coastal South Carolina

Which of the following occurred during Radical Reconstruction?A- The passage of the Black CodesB- A permanent shift of Southern voters to the Republican PartyC- The creation of a new industrial base in amajority of Southern statesD-The formation of the Ku Klux KlanE- Widespread redistribution of confiscatedland to former slaves

d

Of the following, the most threatening problem for the Union from 1861 through 1863 was

possible British recognition of the Confederacy

In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president on a Republican platform that advocated all of the following EXCEPT

the abolition of slavery throughout the United States