Crash Course US History #22

Under President Andrew Johnson's plan for Reconstruction, which group seized power in the southern state government?

(the) Slaves

According to the video, what three things did the 14th Amendment do?

Created citizenship, Equal protection, and extended the Bill of Rights to al states

According to Radical Republican Charles Sumner, the national government was the _________ of freedom.

Custodian

To truly liberate the slaves and give them a fresh economic start by giving them land the government would have been required to do what? Why were the politicians unwilling to do this?

Give them plots of land. Confiscate the land from Southerners - which was a violation of property rights.

How did the Radical Republicans' Reconstruction plan differ from President Lincoln's plan?

Lincoln wanted a moderate policy to reconcile the South with the Union instead of punishing it

White Southern Democrats who were able to take back control from the Republican governments of southern states became known as what?

Redeemers

For most former slaves, what was the key to freedom?

land ownership

When Andrew Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, Congress _________ the President's veto.

overrode

The mystery document was an example of what?

the Black Codes

By the Great Depression, most sharecroppers were _________.

white