Vocabulary Review (Chapter 1: The Reconstruction Era)
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- Q1rebuilding of the South after the Civil WarReconstruction30s8.1a
- Q2Lincoln's plan required 1. 10% of voters in each Southern state to take an oath of loyalty to the Union. After the state could form a new state government. 2. The state would also be required to adopt a new constitution that banned slavery.Ten Percent Plan30s8.1a
- Q3A more radical reconstruction plan. 1) 50% of white male adults had to pledge an oath of loyalty to the Union. 2) Only white males who swore they had not fought against the Union could vote for delegates to a state constitutional convention 3) All new state constitutions had to ban slavery. The bill also barred former Confederates from holding public office. VETOED BY LINCOLNWade-Davis Bill30s8.1a
- Q4After the Civil War, a group that believed the South should be harshly punished and thought that Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate towards the South.Radical Republicans30s8.1a
- Q517th President of the United States, he opposed radical Republicans who passed Reconstruction Acts over his veto. The first U.S. president to be impeached, he survived the Senate removal by only one vote. He was a very weak president.Andrew Johnson30s8.1a
- Q6President Johnson's Plan included 1) Majority of white men must swear oath of loyalty 2)new government must ban slaver and ratify 13th Amendment 3)Confederate officials may vote and hold officeJohnson Reconstruction Plan30s8.1a
- Q71865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom. It furnished food, clothing, and helped them get jobsFreedmen's Bureau30s8.1a
- Q8Abolishes and prohibits slavery13th Amendment (1865)30s8.1a
- Q9Passed by Congress on 9th April 1866 over the veto of President Andrew Johnson. The act declared that all persons born in the United States were now citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition.Civil Rights Act of 186630s8.1a
- Q10Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws14th Amendment30s8.1a
- Q11Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slavesBlack Codes30s8.1a
- Q12to reject (a president rejects a bill from Congress)Veto30s8.1a
- Q13Necessary requirements for the former Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union; must approve and ratify 14th amendment and are subject to military controlReconstruction Act of 186730s8.1a
- Q14A formal document charging a public official with misconduct in officeImpeachment30s8.1a
- Q15States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race. Guaranteed African Americans the right to vote.15th Amendment (1870)30s8.1a
- Q16Southern Republicans and Northern newcomers who came to rebuild the SouthScalawags and Carpetbaggers30s8.1a
- Q17A secret group whose goal was to restore white supremacy (Democratic control)Ku Klux Klan (KKK)30s8.1a
- Q18A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.Sharecropping30s8.1a
- Q19an American general and the 18th PresidentUlysses S. Grant30s8.1a
- Q20to execute, by hanging, without lawful approvalLynch30s8.1a