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Civil War History
Response to Reconstruction- Georgia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| General Principal of the 13th Amendment | Slavery is abolished and slaves are freed. |
| General Principal of the 14th Amendment | All men are citizens. |
| General Principal of the 15th Amendment | All men can vote. |
| What federal organization helped former slaves and poor whites? | Freedmen's Bureau. |
| What was the major contribution of the Freedmen's Bureau to Georgia | Education ~ Morehouse College |
| Lincoln's plan for reconstruction defined by how long and to what degree of difficulty he wanted the process to be would by? | Simply and Quickly |
| What are the tow groups of people that Lincoln excluded from pardoning? | Confederate military leaders and civil leaders. |
| What percentage did Lincoln's reconstruction plan refer to and why? | 10% If 10% of the state's voting population signed off on the plan to rejoin the union the state could rejoin. |
| Were all happy with Lincoln's reconstruction plan, if not who? | No,some Northern's and Congress felt the states that seceded should be punished more. |
| Why was Andrew Johnson a bit more lenient with whom he pardoned than Lincoln? | He was a native southerner. However he required a conference with military leaders before a decision. |
| What term means to have your voting rights taken away? Who had the concern that this would happen? Why? | Disfranchise, the radical republicans. They believed that because Johnson was a native southerner that he might want to help the south more |
| What were Johnson's 3 requirements- imposed on the seceded states? | 1- Can't repay people who gave confederacy money. 2- Nullify ordinances of secession 3- Ratify the 13th amendment. |
| What was the purpose of the Georgia's Constitutional Convention in 1865? What steps were taken? | Purpose was to gain Georgia readmission into the United States. Steps included: 1- Repealed the ordinance of succession. 2- Abolished slavery 3- Ratified the 13th amendment 4- elected a unionist judge from Augusta as Governor |
| Define Black Codes and give examples. | Black Codes laws that restricted the rights of freed slaves. These codes were discriminatory & restricted type of employment, kept blacks from testifying against whites, & from voting, allowed whipping as a punishment & No job could go to prison. |
| In 1866, what was Congress's response to the black codes? | The Civil Rights Act which extended citizenship to blacks and gave the federal government the right to intervene any time civil rights were taken away from an individual. The 14th amendment granted citizenship to all men. |
| Why did military districts become necessary in Georgia in 1866? | This followed the implementation of the 14th Amendment. Congress required southern states to ratify the amendment and Georgia refused so federal government invalidated the state government and established military law. |
| What southern state adopted the 14th Amendment immediately? | Tennessee |
| Why were the debates in the Constitutional Congress of Georgia in 1867 heated? | Several reasons: The 197 delegates were from a blended from different back grounds and had different agendas. Delegates included blacks, traditional southerners, southerns that agreed with the north and northern that moved to the south. |
| What were the reasons that Black Americans were expelled from there offices in 1868? | Because the 14th amendment allowed men to vote but did not allow them to hold public office. |
| What were the outcomes of the 1867 Constitutional Congress in Georgia? | Civil Rights for all the states citizens, free public education for all children, and married women could control their own property. |
| What was the Ku Klux Klan? | A secret organization established initially for men returning from war. The group began to keep freed men from voting and exercising their new civil rights. |
| Where did the Ku Kux Klan begin? | In Pulaski Tennessee. |
| Why was the Georgia Act Passed? | Passed in 1869 the Georgia Act was passed due to Governor Bullocks appeal to the federal government due to KKK activities. Georgia was returned to military control was returned to GA. The KKK was preventing blacks from voting & killing some that tired. |
| What was the purpose of the 15th amendment? | This amendment gave all male citizens the right to vote. Georgia had to ratify this amendment prior to being released from military control. |
| What steps did Georgia take to be readmitted to the union in 1870? | Ratify that blacks could vote and hold public office. Black officials that were removed from office were reseated. Approved the 14th amendment and ratified the 15th amendment. |
| what is a share cropper? | A person that offers their labor for the use of land, home, seed and farm equipment. In return the land owner gets part of the profit from harvest. |
| What is a tenant farmer? | Similar to share cropper but has some farm equipment and seed. Generally will agree upon a set upon amount that the land owner would receive for use of the land. |
| Why were sharecroppers and tenant farmers needed following the civil war? | Because the planters and farmers needed people to work on their farms. There were so many former slaves as well as landless whites who needed jobs/land. |
| How did cotton play an important role in Georgia's economic development after the Civil war? | It brought industries to some parts of Georgia. Northern investors put money into building textile mills. |
| Define Nullify | To resend or make void |
| Define Ratify | To accept or make law. |
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