Chapter 16
What is generally considered to be the greatest failure of the Freedmens Bureau?
. helping former slaves obtain land
laws some southern states designed to maintain white supremacy by keeping freed people impoverished and in debt
Black codes
a term used for northerners working in the South during Reconstruction; it implied that these were opportunists who came south for economic or political gain
Carpetbagger
the agreement between Republicans and Democrats, after the contested election of 1876, in which Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the presidency in exchange for withdrawing the last of the federal troops from the South
Compromise of 1877
a loan system in which store owners extended credit to farmers for the purchase of goods in exchange for a portion of their future crops
Crop-lien system
the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, which was created in 1865 to ease blacks' transition from slavery to freedom
Freedmen bureau
Which statement best describes the underlying reason for Andrew Johnson's impeachment hearings
He was at odds with the Republican majority over Reconstruction.
an oath that the Wade-Davis Bill required a majority of voters and government officials in Confederate states to take; it involved swearing that they had never supported the Confederacy
Ironclad oath
a white vigilante organization that engaged in terroristic violence with the aim of stopping Reconstruction
Klu klux klan
On which point did moderates in both northern and southern states agree during the Reconstruction Era?
Peace and order should be established.
Which person or group was most responsible for the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Radical Republicans in Congress
group who contested Lincoln's treatment of Confederate states and proposed harsher punishments
Radical republicans
the twelve-year period after the Civil War in which the rebel Southern states were integrated back into the Union
Reconstrucción
a term used for southern whites committed to rolling back the gains of Reconstruction
Redeemers
a pejorative term used for southern whites who supported Reconstruction
Scalawags
a crop-lien system in which people paid rent on land they farmed (but did not own) with the crops they grew
Sharecropping
Lincoln's Reconstruction plan, which required only 10 percent of the 1860 voters in Confederate states to take an oath of allegiance to the Union
Ten percent plan
Which event resulted in the passage of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
The former Confederate states refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
fraternal groups loyal to the Union and the Republican Party that became political and civic centers for blacks in former Confederate states
Union leagues
The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution did which of the following?
allowed suffrage to American males of all races
In 1864 and 1865, Radical Republicans were most concerned with ________.
barring ex-Confederates from political office
What name was given to northerners who moved south during Reconstruction, usually to invest in land?
carpetbaggers
Which of the following was not one of the functions of the Freedmen's Bureau?
collecting taxes
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution did which of the following?
declared all people born on U.S. soil to be citizens
The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution did which of the following?
ended slavery throughout the entire United States
After the U.S. Civil War, northern and southern moderates both viewed which of the following as a chief goal?
establishing peace and order
What name was given to African-Americans who moved west after the U.S. Civil War to claim land under the Homestead Acts?
exodusters
What is generally considered to be the greatest success of the Freedmens Bureau?
insuring education for former slaves
Under Radical Reconstruction, which of the following did former Confederate states not need to do in order to rejoin the Union?
pass the Fifteenth Amendment
Which of the following is not one of the methods the Ku Klux Klan and other terrorist groups used to intimidate blacks and white sympathizers?
petitioning Congress
What was Lincoln's primary goal immediately following the Civil War?
reunifying the country
What name was given to Southerners who supported the Northern Reconstruction efforts in the South?
scalawags
Which constitutional amendment guaranteed the right to vote for all American males regardless of race?
the Fifteenth Amendment
Which agency was founded as a result of the Reconstruction effort?
the Freedmen's Bureau
Which agency was founded to assist African-Americans during Reconstruction?
the Freedmen's Bureau
Which of the following did Abraham Lincoln propose as a means of reintegrating the former Confederate states back into the Union after the U.S. Civil War?
the Ten Percent Plan
The Compromise of 1877 marked
the end of Reconstruction.
The Black Codes were designed to do which of the following?
to preserve the pre-war status of African-Americans
Which action by Andrew Johnson ultimately led to his impeachment?
violation of the Tenure of Office Act
