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Reconstruction
Life after the war
Question | Answer |
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Considered "soft on the South" and the "10% Plan" | Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan |
name given to former slaves | freedmen |
Agency set up by Lincoln and Congress to assist former slaves and poor whites during Reconstruction | Freedmen's Bureau |
something freedmen did NOT receive from the Freedmen's Bureau | land |
Main accomplishment of Freedmen's Bureau | education - set up 1000s of schools for freedmen |
dates of Reconstruction | 1865 - 1877 |
This Reconstruction Plan basically continues Lincoln's plan | Johnson's Reconstruction Plan |
What is the 13th amendment? | abolished slavery in the US |
What is the 14th amendment? | established all people born in the US as citizens with citizens' rights |
What Supreme Court decision was overturned by the 14th amendment? | Dred Scott decision |
What is the 15th amendment? | gives all males the right to vote |
time after the Civil War for rebuilding the South and reconstructing the nation | Reconstruction |
legislation imposed during Reconstruction meant to restrict freedmen | the Black Codes |
Northerners who pushed most of civil rights for freedmen and changes in southern behavior during Reconstruction | Radical Republicans |
split the south into 5 military districts and put the military there to enforce the 13, 14, & 15 amendments | Radical Republicans Reconstruction plan |
What agreement was responsible for ending Reconstruction? | Compromise of 1877 |
Man who became US President as a result of the Compromise of 1877 | Rutherford B. Hayes |
What did the South get from the Compromise of 1877? | Hayes removed the Union troops from the South |
What political party took over control of the South following Reconstruction? | Southern Democrats |