Reconstruction (1865-1877) 1. When was Reconstruction? 2. Define Reconstruction.
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3. What did the federal government try to do during Reconstruction? 4. What were three results of Reconstruction?
5. What was President Abraham Lincoln’s belief regarding Reconstruction?
6. Did President Lincoln want to punish the South after the war was over? 7. After the Civil War, did President Lincoln want to reunify the nation as quickly as possible? 8. Who spoke the words, “With malice towards none, with charity for all…let us bind up the nation’s wounds…? 9. What happened to President Abraham Lincoln a few days after Lee’s surrender at Appommatox? 10. Who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president? 11. Who were the Radical Republicans?
1. 1865-1877 2. the federal government’s plan to rebuild and re-establish the states of the former Confederacy 3. rebuild the South and restore the Union after the Civil War 4. 1) Southern white resentment toward both Northerners and blacks 2) Control of the South by whites 3) Gains of former slaves were temporary 5. Since secession was illegal, the southern states had never really left the Union. Therefore, Reconstruction was a matter of quickly restoring state gov’ts., which were loyal to the Union. 6. No.
7. Yes.
8. Lincoln
9. Assassinated
10. Andrew Johnson 11. Republicans who wanted to punish the former Confederate states for causing the Civil War. 12. 1) Military occupation of the South 2) Civil rights for African-Americans
12. What two ideas did the Radical Republicans want included in the federal government’s Reconstruction policy? 13. What did the term military occupation mean during Reconstruction? 14. With whom did the Radical
13. Southern states were under the rule of a general in the U.S. army and American military troops were stationed in the South to keep order. 14. President Johnson
Republicans in Congress repeatedly clash? 15. On what particular issue did the Radical Republicans completely disagree with President Johnson? 16. Who were the freedmen? 17. What action did the Radical Republicans take after President Andrew Johnson tried to prevent their program on behalf of freedmen? 18. Define impeachment. 19. Under the Constitution, does impeachment necessarily mean an official is removed from office? 20. Under the Constitution, which house of Congress can impeach the president? 21. Under the Constitution, which house of Congress can remove a president from office? 22. Did the Radical Republicans succeed in removing President Andrew Johnson from office? 23. What three amendments did the Radical Republicans add to the United States Constitution in order to help African-Americans? 24. Identify the Thirteenth Amendment. 25. Identify the Fourteenth Amendment. 26. Identify the Fifteenth Amendment. 27. How had the Civil War affected the Southern states? 28. What was the long-term result of the South’s devastation during the Civil War? 29. How did the Civil War affect the North and Midwest? 30. What were the long-term results of the Civil War’s industrialization of the North and Midwest?
15. Civil rights for the freedmen
16. Freed slaves 17. impeached Johnson
18. The process of bringing an official to trial for misconduct in office. 19. No.
20. The House of Representatives.
21. Senate
22. No. 23. 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
24. freed the slaves 25. gave citizenship to African-Americans; guaranteed “equal protection of the laws” 26. gave African-American males the right to vote 27. devastated them 28. South remained the poorest section of the nation for a long time 29. North and Midwest had strong industrial economies. 30. 1) led to industrialization of the nation, except the South, during the second half of the 19th century 2) U.S. became a global economic
31. What transportation achievement occurred in 1869? 32. What was the effect of the first transcontinental railroad?
33. What deal was made between Southern Democrats and Republicans to end Reconstruction? 34. What was this deal called? 35. Define the term Electoral College.
36. What are electoral votes? 37. Under the Constitution, how many electoral votes does each state receive? 38. Who gained power in the Southern states as a result of the Compromise of 1877? 39. Define the term “Jim Crow Era.”
power by the beginning of the 20 th century 31. transcontinental railroad; transcontinental = across the continent 32. increased westward movement of settlers into the states between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. 33. Southern Democrats support the Republican candidate for president and Republicans would end military occupation of the South 34. Compromise of 1877 35. The group of people who cast the official votes that elect the President and Vice President. 36. The official votes for president 37. Electoral votes = Number of members in House of Representatives + two for U.S. Senators 38. Former Confederates who controlled the Democratic party 39. The period in which Southern states required racial segregation in public schools, transportation, and other public facilities. (racial segregation = separation of the races) 40. Lost most of the political gains they had made during Reconstruction 41. Right to vote and right to serve on juries 42. were denied the full rights of American citizenship until the mid-1960s
40. What happened to Southern African-Americans during the era of Jim Crow? 41. During the era of Jim Crow, what specific political rights did most Southern blacks lose? 42. What happened to Southern blacks after Reconstruction ended?