History and Geography unit 6: Reconstruction Flash cards

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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


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