Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
7 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Freedmen's Bureau
|
Federal organization to help newly freed slaves get on thier feet; edu. focus; run by Gen. Oliver Howard
|
|
|
10% Plan
|
Lincoln's plan for southern reconstruction; 10% of the people who voted in the 1860 election have to swear and oath of loyalty to the Union (from each state)
|
|
|
Wade-Davis Bill
|
Republican's idea for reconstruction; 50% of the people who voted in the 1860 election have to swear allegiance to the Union (from each state)
|
|
|
Election of 1866
|
mid-term congressional election; most seats won by republicans
|
|
|
Black Codes
|
white southerners needed a way to keep their workforce, laws to control the movement of ex-slaves; i.e. Vagrancy law--make up for loitering by working on a farm (de facto slavery
|
|
|
Force Acts of 1871
|
gives the federal troops to go stamp out the Klan; you will be arrested and held indefinitely if they even think you’re with the clan (yeah it’s against the constitution and habeas corpus, but it’s only effective if someone’s willing to enforce that)
|
|
|
Tenure of Office Act
|
For a President to remove someone from his cabinet, he must first go through the Senate
|
