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
