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;
23 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Johnsons reconstuction plan
|
fairly quickly would restore the union
|
|
|
When discussing what to do with the former confederate states pres Johnson
|
Preferred restoration over reconstruction
|
|
|
pres Johnson fully broke in congress in 1876 when he
|
vetoed the freedmans bill
|
|
|
the 14th amendment
|
legal protection for all citizens
|
|
|
The civil rights act of 1866
|
was passed over johnsons veto
|
|
|
the military reconstruction act
|
required new state constitutions in the south
|
|
|
Johnson violated the tenure of office act
|
Edward Stanton
|
|
|
The republican dominated congress
|
impeached Johnson
|
|
|
Of the 11 articles of impeachment 8 of them were
|
unlawfull removing of stanton
|
|
|
in south the union league
|
organize the republicans
|
|
|
during the reconstruction the african americans
|
tried to start schools
|
|
|
most carpet baggers were*
|
Union Veterans*
|
|
|
most scallywaggs were white southeners who had
|
opposed succesion
|
|
|
the radical state govts in the south did all of the following except
|
cut taxes
|
|
|
because of the confederacies defeat the religous minded white southeners
|
saw no reason to change their thinking
|
|
|
union leaders defended grant
|
because his military rocord
|
|
|
advocates of "soft money" or paper currency
|
solved the economic benefits of inflation
|
|
|
hard money advocates argued that govt warbonds should be
|
paid off in gold
|
|
|
Ulysses S Grant
|
brought little political and experience to the buisness
|
|
|
by the time pres grant took office southern grants
|
turned violent
|
|
|
the primary objective of kkk
|
to scare blacks to vote
|
|
|
why diddnt grant seek a 3rd term in 1876
|
acknowledged the growing opposition to his party and his electoral chances
|
|
|
in his inagural speech lincoln
|
the union is eternal
|
