Mclean American History 11Th Grade: Sec 3 & 4

Front 1

What was the Lincoln Plan?

Back 1

Ten Percent Plan = Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction.
--Government pardoned all Confederates who would swear their allegiance to the Union (except high ranking officials & those accused of crimes)
--When 10 percent of those who voted in 1860 took this oath of allegiance, a Confederate state could form a state government and send representatives to Congress

Front 2

What was the Johnson Plan?

Back 2

Same as Ten Percent Plan plus;
--tried to break the planters' power from taking oath for voting privileges.
--pardoned more than 13,000 Confederates because he believed in white men managing the south.

Front 3

How did Congress seem to gain more power during the Johnson Presidency?

Back 3

Radical Republicans and moderate Republicans together shifted power to Congress. 1) Overrode the veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau Act and the Civil Rights Act. 2) Wrote the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which prevented states from denying rights and privileges to U.S. citizens; and 15th Amendment on voting rights. 3) Passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867,requiring states (Confederate) to ratify the 14th Amendment in order to reenter the Union.

Front 4

Who were carpet baggers?

Back 4

Northerners who moved South during the period of reconstruction.
--They carried suitcases or carpet bags and Southerners gave them this negative name.

Front 5

Describe three ways in which African Americans improved their lives.

Back 5

1) founded their own churches, which became the center of African Amerian life.
2) established schools, including Howard, Fisk and Atlanta Universities;
3) became active in politics; voted for the first time. Held office in local, stte and federal government. 16 elected to Congress, including Hiram Revels to the Senate.