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American History (1)
The Reconstruction Of America - Enjoy :) - 1/8/2022
Question | Answer |
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Who was Abraham Lincoln? | The 16th President of The United States Of America |
Who was Andrew Johnson? | The 17th President of The United States Of America |
Who was Ulysses S. Grant? | The 18th President of The United States Of America |
What did Abraham Lincoln do? | He was the president during the Civil War and kept the Union together, which resulted in freeing the slaves |
What did Andrew Johnson do? | He was the president during most of the Reconstruction while signing and approving different Bills & Acts |
What did Ulysses S. Grant do? | He was the lead general for the Union during most of the Civil War |
What did the 13th Amendment do? | Banned Slavery |
What did the 14th Amendment do? | Birthright citizenship, States the age to vote (21), Created the Debt Limit |
What did the 15th Amendment do? | Says any man of any race can vote (this does not include women) |
What is the Wade-Davis Bill? | It said that 50% of the white men of any confederate states, had to agree that they would never leave the union again |
What is the Freedmen's Bureau ? | It taught formally enslaved people about their rights and gave them food, cloths and healthcare |
What is Black Codes? | These were when some rights of formally enslaved people, were taken away and an organization that did this a lot were the Ku Klux Klan (K.K.K.) |
What is the Reconstruction Act of 1866 ? | It said if you were born in the U.S. you were a citizen (this was the first sight of the 14th amendment [that came 2 years later]) |
What is Lincoln's Assassination? | It was when the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, was shot at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth |
What were the Reconstruction Acts? | They were acts that had the Confederate states being readmitted into the Union |
Who was John Wilkes Booth? | He was the assassin of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln |
What was the Reconstruction? | It was when the United States was rebuilding the country after the destruction of the Civil War |
When did the Civil War begin? | April 12, 1861 |
When did the Civil War end? | May 26, 1865 |
How long was the Civil War? | 4 Years (specifically 4 years, 44 days) |
When did the Reconstruction begin? (not exact date just year) | 1865 |
When did the Reconstruction end? (not exact date just year) | 1877 |
How many terms did Abraham Lincoln have? | 2 Terms |
How many terms did Andrew Johnson have? | 1 Term |
How many terms did Ulysses S. Grant have? | 2 Terms |
Who were the Ku Klux Klan (K.K.K.) | A secret organization of racists who opposed the freedom of formally enslaved people. The K.K.K. brutally hurt them along with white supporters of their freedom |
What is the Poll Tax? | It caused formally enslaved people to pay to vote in the 15th Amendment |
What Amendment later repealed the Poll Tax? | The 24th Amendment |
Who created the Ten Percent Plan? | Abraham Lincoln |
What did the Ten Percent Plan do? | It said that once 10% of a Confederate states voters state that they'll "never leave the Union again" then the state will be readmitted into the Union |
What followed what the Ten Percent Plan was doing, but made it even better? | The Wade-Davis Bill |
What was Johnson's Plan | It was to help the White Confederates to make the transition between owning slaves to them being free, much simpler |
What was Lincoln's Plan also known as? | The Ten Percent Plan |
Who created the Johnson Plan? | Andrew Johnson |
What were the two, Presidential Plans? | The Ten Percent Plan (Lincoln's Plan) & Johnson's Plan |
Which president nearly got impeached? | Andrew Johnson |
Why did the president nearly get impeached? | Primarily for removing the Secretary of War, "Edwin Stanton", this angered Congress so they impeached him but it did not remove him from office, because they were one vote off |
Who were the Radical Republicans? | A group of people who created all of the bills and acts to get formally enslaved people, to become citizens |
Who were the Republicans? | A political party created during Bleeding Kansas before the civil war |