Civil War/Chapter 17 Study Guide

An anti freedmen group that terrorized blacks and their supporters and used fear to control freedmen.

Who were the Klu Klux Klan and what did they do

Before the civil war, the Confederacy had a fine economy but they fell into great debt because of the civil war

How did southern economy change before and after the civil war

Any slaves in the rebel states were now free

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do

They helped Freedmen adapt to freedom by giving them education, working out contracts, and giving them medical aid

What did the Freedmen's Bureau achieve

No more slavery

What is the 13th amendment

Everyone gets equal rights

What is the 14th amendment

Voting rights for male minority

What is the 15th amendment

It granted citizenship and the same rights that were enjoyed by white males

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1866. What did it do

antietam

What was the bloodiest day in the Civil War

The Compromise of 1877 was a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election. It resulted in the national government pulling the last federal troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era.

What was the compromise of 1877

The attack on Fort Sumter

What was the event that started the civil war

A law intended to restrict the power of the President of the United States to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate.

What was the tenure of office act

Whether the federal government or the state government would have more power and whether there should still be slavery

What were the causes of the civil war

Lincoln and Johnson's plan was to give amnesty to the confederates but the radical republicans wanted to punish the Confederates and use federal power to help freedmen

What were the differences between Lincoln and Johnson 's plan and the Radical Republicans

The Union, The Confederacy, Border States

What were the main players in the civil war

May 9, 1865

When did the civil war end

April 12, 1861

When did the civil war start

The radical republicans were a group of republicans who wanted to take a more extreme approach. They wanted to punish the confederates for what they did during the civil war. They also wanted to use government power to aid freedmen in adapting to their freedom

Who were the radical republicans, what did they do