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;
14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Ten-percent Plan
|
When 10% of the voters eligible to vote in 1860 take an oath to the Union, the state will be readmitted; never passed through Congress
|
|
|
Wade-Davis Bill
|
New state government by people who had never been against the Union, no voting rights for Confederate leaders; Lincoln pocket vetos and session expires.
|
|
|
Johnson's Reconstruction Bill
|
Amnesty to everyone who fought against the Union but will take an oath with the exception of wealthy people, unless pres. pardon. Ratify the 13th amendment, free blacks, and revoke secession.
|
|
|
The Black Codes
|
Restricted blacks' rights, smiliar to slavery > caused major controversy
|
|
|
The Freedman's Bureau
|
Freed slaves/poor white people. 1866: Johnson vetos the bureau > hated blacks. Congress overrides veto & takes control of Reconstruction.
|
|
|
Congressional Reconstruction
|
Andrew Johnson becomes powerless; Congress takes control of reconstruction.
|
|
|
14th amendment
|
Grants citizenship to all U.S. citizens; every state except Tennessee rejects.
|
|
|
Military Reconstruction Act (1866)
|
Divides southern states into five military districts (no longer states), each has a military comissioner; to become a state oncemore, each must give freed slaves the right to vote + ratification of the 14th amendment > leads to Johnson's impeachment.
|
|
|
Tenure of Office Act
|
Senate must approve removal of an officer before Presidential removal.
|
|
|
1868 Election
|
Ulysess S. Grant versus Horatio Seymour; Grant wins
|
|
|
Carpetbaggers
|
People who migrated to the South in order to make a profit off of the economy.
|
|
|
Ku Klux Klan Act (1872)
|
Outlawed the KKK; not effectively enforced.
|
|
|
1876 Election
|
Brings the end of Reconstruction; Rutherford Hayes versus Samuel Tilden
|
|
|
Compromise of 1877
|
Samuel Tilden will step aside but only with requirements: removal of troops in the south, end to Reconstruction, feds promised not to interfere with Democratic state governments.
|
