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Civil war strategies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was the reconstruction timeline? | 1865-1877 |
| WADE - DAVIS BILL condition 1 | Provisional Governors - For each ex-confederate state to oversee progress. |
| WADE - DAVIS BILL condition 2 | 50% loyalty plan - the state civilians had to pledge 50 percent loyalty before being reentered to the US. |
| WADE - DAVIS BILL condition 3 | Disinfranchisement of rebellion- punishment for those who fought in the war against the north, and those who rebel against the new reentering to the US. |
| WADE - DAVIS BILL condition 4 | constitutional conventions - after the state pledges their alliegance to the Union, the provisional governor would call a constitutional convention to REWRITE THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION INTO LOYALTY. |
| WADE - DAVIS BILL condition 5 | abolition of slavery |
| WADE - DAVIS BILL condition 6 | public payment of debt prevented from confederates - lost property from the civil war could be regained by southerners, as long as they were not confederate soldiers or generals. |
| WADE - DAVIS BILL condition 7 | Proections and emancipation - the new state laws apply to EVERBODY. |
| ANDTREW JOHNSON condition 1 | Loyalty oaths - southerners had to swear allegiance in order to be granted amnesty. |
| ANDTREW JOHNSON condition 2 | specialty presidential pardons - High ranking confederate leaders and wealthy southerners with properties of over $20,000 |
| ANDTREW JOHNSON condition 3 | Restoration of property - when receiving a pardon or amnesty, southerners can recollect property but not freed slaves. |
| ANDTREW JOHNSON condition 4 | Appointing provisional governors - appointed temporary by Johnson to reestablish civil authority. |
| ANDTREW JOHNSON condition 5 | ratify 13th amendment |
| ANDTREW JOHNSON condition 6 | refusing to pay state and Confederate war debts. |
| ANDTREW JOHNSON condition 7 | new state constitution, states had to formally declare secession illegal in their constitution. |
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN condition 1 | At least 10% of a former Confederate state's voting population had to take a loyalty oaths to the Union before rejoining it or receiving amnesty. |
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN condition 2 | The state had to formally accept the permanent freedom and emancipation of enslaved people. |
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN condition 3 | after reaching 10 percent loyalty, a state could rejoin the Union, AND create its own state government. |
| What did the radical republicans think of Lincoln's plan? | they felt he was not punishing the south enough. |
| Freedmans Bureau | established by Abraham Lincoln, gave - jobs to southern freed blacks and poor whites - education for freed blacks /establish schools 4,000 universities! - prevented mass starvation |
| BLACK CODES | 1. not allowed to be literate (read / write) 2. not allowed to testify in court (no due process) 3. not allowed to marry 4. not allowed to be out after dark unless accompanied 5. not allowed to travel 6. not allowed to hold a jury |
| the rad. rep. believed what two things were a crime committed by the south and was why they wanted to punish them? | 1. practice of slavery (buying, selling, trading) 2. practice or statement of secession |
| black codes eventually led to Jim Crow Laws: | 1. separate facilities 2. separate living areas, hotels 3. "divided but equal" |
| Ku Klux Klan | started by small group of confederates, targeting 1. catholics 2. African-Americans 3. Foreigners 4. Gypsies |
| Military Reconstruction : 1867 plan that divides South into 5 monitored districts. | 1: Virginia 2: North and south carolina 3: Georgia, Florida, Alabama 4:Arkanas and mississipi 5:Louisiana and texas |
| military reconstruction after war prevented what? | re - secession and Civil war 2. |
| 1865 Abe Lincoln death | Fords theater, "Our American Cousin" killed by John Wilkes Booth. the crowd actually thought it was part of the show, until they saw the president hanging over the edge of the balcony, unresponsive. |
| 16th president | Abraham lincoln |
| 17th president (Accidental president) | Andrew Johnson , and was almost impeached by Congress, off by 1 vote. |
| 18th president (mostly voted in by black voters) | Ulysses s. Grant |
| 13th amendment | outlaws slavery everywhere |
| 14th amendment | 1. full citizenship if you are born in the US 2. granted due process of law 3. full political rights to run for positions 4. entitled to education |
| 15th amendment | suffrage for male african-americans |
| RECONSTRUCTION QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED | 1. what happened to abolitionists? 2. What about temperance? 3. Pollitical strife for N / S ? 4. another civil war ? 5. what is income these days? 6. jobs for different races? 7. worker rights? |
| ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION | 1. long term jobs 2. post second degree education + universities 3. different careers for southern corporations |
| carpetbaggers | northerners who moved to the south, hoping to make a quick buck off of southerners and their land. |
| scalawags | white southern republicans that disagreed with federal government |
| sharecroppers | black citizens forced to work on land they own to pay a government tax that left them with nearly nothing. |
| Military construction 1914-1918 PART TWO | 1. Any government under Lincoln or Johnson cannot be recognized. 2. Confederate leaders cannot vote or hold office. 3. All white and black men can vote. 4. Southern states MUST RATIFY 15th amendment. |