Review for Test on Reconstruction

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Review for Test on Reconstruction
2
In simple terms, what did the thirteenth,
fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments provide?

• 13-abolish slavery or freedom
• 14-citizenship
• 15-the vote

3
How much of a majority must the president be
convicted of if he has been through an
impeachment trial?

• 2/3

4
What is the term used to describe northerners
that came to the south to take advantage of the
new political, social, and economic conditions in
the former states of the defeated Confederacy?

• Carpetbaggers

5
What are the years of Reconstruction?

• 1865-1877

6
Who was the VP who replaced Lincoln after he was
assassinated?

• Andrew Johnson

7
Abraham Lincoln wanted to be lenient on the
Reconstruction of the South. He had a policy in
effect when he died that was called

• Ten percent plan

8
Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

• John Wilkes Booth

9
What are the parts of the Reconstruction Act of
1867?

• Divided all succeeded states into 5 Military
  Districts
• headed by a Union General
• ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
• draw up new constitutions with the addition of
  allowing African Americans the right to vote

10
What is the term used to describe the ability to
run state governments without federal
intervention?

• Home Rule

11
Who was the leader of the Radical Republicans?

• Thaddeus Stevens

12
What gave former slaves and poor whites (of the
former confederacy) food, clothing, hospitals,
and schools?

• The Freedmans Bureau

13
What was the accusation that caused the
impeachment of the President in 1868?

• The president had violated the tenure in office
  act

14
How many military districts were the old
Confederate states broken into, when
Reconstruction was put into place?

• 5

15
What was President Johnsons Reconstruction Plan?

• Each state had to declare that its secession was
  illegal
• swear allegiance to the Union
• ratify the thirteenth Amendment

16
What political party took control of the south
when reconstruction was over?

• Democrats

17
Which political party was interested in punishing
the south and giving more rights to freed African
Americans during the Reconstruction Era?

• Republicans

18
What type of farming had the farmer rent land for
cash then use their own tools and equipment which
they would, eventually, moved up the ladder and
became owners of land?

• Tenant Farming

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What does impeach mean?

• To charge

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Johnson was not removed from office in 1868, why?

• The second portion of the trial proceeding did
  not have enough votes to convict

21
When the impeachment process in effect. Where
does the impeachment charges start and where does
it have the trial?

• Starts in the House of Representatives
• Tried in the Senate

22
What type of farming had Landowners divide their
land and gave each worker a few acres along with
seed and tools( When crops are harvested each
workers gave a portion of his crop to the
landowner)?

• Sharecropping

23
What are the two types of reconstruction plans
that were instituted?

• Presidential Reconstruction
• Congressional Reconstruction

24
What is the term used to describe northerners
that came to the south to take advantage of the
new political, social, and economic conditions in
the former states of the defeated Confederacy?

• Carpetbaggers

25
What was the name of the vigilante group that
wanted to restore white supremacy after the Civil
War?

• Ku Klux Klan

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Which president promised to end reconstruction if
he was elected?

• Rutherford B. Hayes

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What are Black Codes?

• Restrictive laws that Southern states adopted
  after the Civil War to regulate the freedom and
  movement of former slaves

28
Who was the first black Senator in the United
States?

• Hiram Revels

29
What is the term for southerners who joined the
Republican Party or associated with carpetbaggers
during Reconstruction?

• Scalawag

30
Which President had scandals such as bribery,
fraud, and a panic during his presidency?

• Grant

31
There are only two presidents that were
impeached, who were they?

• Andrew Johnson
• William Clinton

32
What predominately black college was created in
GA during the Reconstruction Era?

• Morehouse

33
What infrastructure was added to the south if
they voted for the Republican candidate in 1876

• Railroads

34
What is the name of the bill that became the
Radical Republicans plan for reconstruction

• Wade Davis Bill