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reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the 2 goals of reconstruction | 1: reintegrate north and south 2:help A.A. transition to freedom |
| what is lincolns 10% plan | 10% of the voters from 1860 election need to pledge a loyalth oath,must accept abolition,and advocate for A.A. veterans to vote |
| who are the radical republicans | |
| they have the wade-Davis bill, • state suicide• 50% loyalty oath, swear they never supported the confederacy• strip southern leaders of voting rights and hold government office• support voting + citizenship for A.A.• federal gov | |
| Who is Andrew Johnson and what is his reconstruction? | Abraham Lincoln successor• Short reconstruction• not committed to A.A. Right• pardoned rebels• southern states control reconstruction |
| what is the northern split? | it is on reconstruction and has three groups radicals, moderate, and conservative |
| Who are radicals? | they wanted to completely change the south and make it look like the north, and they were strong supporters of equal rights |
| Who are moderates? | mostly northerners and did not support voting rights for African-Americans and agreed that the south needed to be changed in some areas |
| Who are conservatives? | they supported minimal changes to the south, pretty much just to end slavery, and didn’t want African-Americans targeted with violence, but didn’t support equality citizenships etc |
| what is Freedman’s bureau? | they helped African-Americans after enslavement |
| what did the Freedman‘s bureau do? | helped African-Americans get an education, buy property, find jobs, short-term food snd clothing, locate family member |
| what were the black codes and what were they to do? | Laws passed by southern governments to restrict the freedom of African-Americans and they were passed in 1865 to 1867 |
| what did the black codes restrict? | African-Americans could not vote in elections, sit on juries, testify against whites/witnesses, Marry White people, own weapons/guns, be without a job |
| what is the civil rights act of 1866? | it eliminated the black codes, dealing with voting and jury participation, but it was vetoed by Johnson and overrode by Congress |
| what is the 13th amendment? | abolished slavery and only allowed forced labor as a punishment for a crime |
| what is the 14th amendment? | birthright citizenship and prohibited states from taking away life, liberty, or prophecy without due process and made everyone under equal protection |
| what is the 15th amendment? | protected voting rights can’t be denied based on race, color, or servitude |