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STANDARD 10
US HISTORY STANDARD 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction Era | era from 1865-1877 |
| President Lincoln Reconstruction Plan PROMISED ________for the Union (United States) | Malice toward none and Charity for all |
| Lincoln's 10% plan | Reconstruction plan by Lincoln- that would quickly re-admit the Confederate/ south states **10% of the people swore an oath of loyalty **South states had to ratify the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery in America |
| Wade-Davis Bill | a plan FAVORED by the Radical Republicans that protected blacks, REQUIRED 50% of state citizens to swear a loyalty oath, and banned ex-confederate leaders from serving in gov't. Favored by the Radical Republicans |
| President Lincoln Assassination | Lincoln was SHOT AND KILLED ON April 14, 1865 at the Fords Theater by John Wilkes Booth BEFORE HE COULD INTRODUCE HIS PLAN |
| John Wilkes Booth | shot and killed President Lincoln. He was an actor at the Fords Theater |
| Presidential Reconstruction Plan (1865-1867) | Plan created by VP Andrew Johnson after Lincoln's death to get the south to rejoin the United States. **Was Lenient (not harsh) to the South/ Confederate states ** Ex-Confederate states had to ratify the 13th Amendment |
| Presidential Reconstruction did not require________ | Southern state governments to protect former slaves |
| Black Codes | Laws passed by Southern states that limited/RESTRICTED African American rights. **laws to keep African Americans from gaining land, jobs, and protection under the law |
| Freedman's Bureau | ESTABLISHED TO HELP FORMER SLAVES. provided food, housing and medical supplies. *** HELPED CREATE SCHOOLS which led to creation of black Universities such as Morehouse College in Atlanta. |
| Freedman's Bureau promised | "40 acres and a mule" but did not deliver or give it |
| 14th Amendment | amendment that included former slaves as citizens and and guaranteed all citizens equal protection under the law |
| Andrew Johnson opposed the __________________ | Freedman's Bureau ***Because he thought it would anger the south |
| Congressional Reconstruction or Radical Reconstruction 1867-1877 | Reconstruction plan created by the Radical Republicans in Congress **protected the rights of former slaves **kept Confederate leaders from regaining power in the south |
| Reconstruction act of 1867 | Passed by Congress - South divided into 5 military zones to enforce reconstruction -**Required ex-confederate states to give black men the right to vote **required states to ratify the 14 Amendment protecting black citizenship |
| President Andrew Johnson was impeached | because he VIOLATED the Tenure of Office Act **He tried to fire his Secretary of War who supported Congress' plan |
| Tenure of Office Act: | a federal Law which Prohibited the President from removing a member of his cabinet without seeking approval of Senate. **Johnson violated this law and was impeached |
| Impeach/ Impeachment | A formal process in which an official is accused / charged of unlawful activity/crime. They may be removed from office **to be Charged with a crime |
| Reconstruction | rebuilding the sough after the Civil War lasted from 1865-1877 |
| amnesty | an official PARDON(to forgive) for people who have been convicted of political offenses |
| freedmen | a formerly enslaved person who has been released from slavery |
| veto | to reject, dismiss, throw out |
| repudate | refuse to accept |
| ratify | to approve |
| Radical Republicans | Rejected Lincoln's plan and said that Lincoln's plan was too LENIENT (not severe, not strong enough) and did not protect the rights of newly freed slaves |
| black codes | restricted blacks from serving on Juries, testifying against whites, marrying whites and voting |
| Ku Klux Klan | formed during the Reconstruction to attack blacks who tried to vote or challenge white |
| 15th Ammendment | amendment that gave Black men the right to vote in 1870 |
| carpetbaggers | Northern profiteers who moved South |
| scalawags | Southerners who aided (helped) carpetbaggers |
| Profiteer | one who takes advantage of something to make a unfair profit ($$) |
| sharecropping | also known as Tenant Farming, replaced slavery after the war |
| Compromise of 1877 | Democrats in Congress agreed to vote for Hayes as president if federal troops were removed from the south |
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