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American History 1
Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WHY DID AMERICANS MOVE WEST BEFORE 1850? | MATERIAL GAIN, ADVENTURE, RELIGION |
| IN THE 1830'S & 1840'S, WHERE DID AMERICANS MOVE? | TEXAS, OREGON, OHIO, CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO |
| WHICH IDEAS WERE INVOLVED IN "MANIFEST DESTINY"? | A) GOD SUPPORTS AMERICAN EXPANSION B) SPREAD OF AMERICAN RULE = GREATER AREA TO ENJOY FREEDOM C) POPULATION GROWTH REQUIRED EXPANSION |
| WHAT PROBELMS AROSE BETWEEN AMERICAN SETTLERS IN TEXAS & THE MEXICAN GOV'T? | A) AMERICANS BROUGHT THEIR SLAVES B) SETTLERS REFUSED TO CONVERT TO ROMAN CATHOLIC C) GOOD BROUGHT INTO MEXICO FROM FOREIGN LANDS (INCL. U.S.) WERE TAXED- SETTLERS DIDN'T THINK OF THE US AS A FOREIGN LAND |
| WHAT WAS THE LONE STAR REPUBLIC? | TEXAS (INDEPENDENT NATION-NOT ANNEXED) |
| WHY DID THE US REFUSE TO ANNEX MEXICO IN 1836? | LEADERS FEARED A WAR W/MEXICO |
| WHICH AREAS WERE ADDED TO THE US WHILE POLK WAS PRESIDENT? | A)TEXAS B) CALIFORNIA C)NEW MEXICO |
| WHAT CAUSED WAR BETWEEN THE US & MEXICO- STATED REASONS | A) MEXICO WOULD NOT NEGOTIATE THE BORDER ISSUE B) MEXICO ATTACKED US TROOPS |
| POLK'S OTHER REASONS FOR WAR B/WEEN US & MEXICO | DESIRE TO OWN CA & NEW MEXICO DESIRE TO RESTORE US/MEXICO TRADE DESIRE TO STOP POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN MEXICO |
| WHY DIDN'T THE US ANNEX MEXICO AFTER WINNING THE WAR W/MEXICO? | RACISM! A) MOST MEXICANS WERE ROMAN CATHOLIC B) MOST HAD MIXED HERITAGE C) BELIEVED THEY WERE NOT READY FOR DEMOCRATIC GOV'T |
| PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY OF GUADELOUPE HIDALGO? | A) US PAID 15 MILLION FOR CA & NEW MEXICO B) RIO GRANDE SET AS BOUNDARY B/WEEN TEXAS & MEXICO C) US GOV'T ASSUMED CLAIMS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS AGAINST MEXICO |
| WHAT DID THE US ACQUIRE IN THE 1853 GADSDEN PURCHASE? | SOUTHERN PART OF NM & SOUTHERN ARIZONA |
| HOW DID THE US ACQUIRE CA? | FREEMONT DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE |
| HOW DID THE US ACQUIRE THE SANTA FE AREA? | KEARNEY CAPTURED & CLAIMED THE ANNEXATION OF NM BY THE US |
| IN HISTORY WHAT IS THE GENERAL RULE ABOUT A POLITICAL PARTY HAVING MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE? | WHEN THERE ARE 2 MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES TRYING TO WIN, IF A PARTY CAN'T SELECT ONLY ONE CANDIDATE, THE OTHER PARTY'S CANDIDATE WILL WIN |
| NAMES OF CANDIDATES AND PARTIES IN ELECTION OF 1844 | DEMOCRATS: JAMES POLK WHIGS: HENRY CLAY NORTHERN WHIGS: JAMES BIRNEY |
| HOW DOES THE GENERAL RULE APPLY TO THE ELECTION OF 1844? | POLK WON BECAUSE THE WHIGS WERE DIVIDED |
| DEFINE FREESOILERS | LAND W/OUT SLAVERY |
| DEFINE POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY | SETTLERS TO VOTE FOR THEMSELVES TO ACCEPT OR REJECT SLAVERY |
| WHAT DID THE SOUTH SAY ABOUT THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY BEFORE 1830? | CALLED IT A NECESSARY EVIL THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY DISAPPEAR |
| HOW DID THE SOUTH DEFEND THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY B/WEEN 1830'S & 1850? | A) AS NATURAL & PROPER- BLACKS WERE INFERIOR B) IT WAS SANCTIONED IN THE BIBLE C) SINCE BLACKS WERE "INFERIOR", THEY NEEDED A 'FAMILY TYPE GOV'T' TO CARE FOR THEM |
| WHICH DEFENSE REGARDING THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY WAS ADDED IN THE 1850'S? | THE MASTER/SLAVE RELATIONSHIP WAS MORE HUMANE THAN THE TREATMENT OF WORKERS IN THE NORTH |
| WHO WAS NAT TURNER? | A BLACK PREACHER WHO THOUGHT GOD TOLD HIM TO LEAD A REVOLT |
| WHAT REVOLT DID NAT TURNER LEAD? | A SLAVE REVOLT IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA |
| WHAT CAUSED NAT TURNER'S DEATH? | HE WAS EXECUTED FOR HAVING LED A REVOLT THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF ABOUT 60 WHITES |
| EXPLAIN THE DRED SCOTT CASE OF 1857 | MISSOURI SLAVE DRED SCOTT SUED FOR HIS FREEDOM ON THE GROUNDS HIS MASTER HAD TAKEN HIM TO LIVE IN A FREE TERRITORY |
| WHAT WAS THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING IN THE DRED SCOTT CASE? | A) NO BLACKS, FREE OR SLAVE, CAN BE CITIZENS B) MISSOURI COMPROMISE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN RESTRICTING SLAVERY IN TERRITORIES C) JUDGES RULED THERE WAS NO OTHER GROUP TO OVERRULE THE SUPREME COURT |
| WHAT WAS THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SLAVERY IN EXISTING STATES/ORIGINAL 13 STATES? | A) THE FED. GOV'T DIDN'T HAVE THE POWER TO REGULATE/DESTROY SLAVERY B) THE POWER TO REGULATE SLAVERY RESTED W/EACH STATE |
| WHAT WAS THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SLAVERY IN TERRITORIES (FUTURE STATES)? | A) THE CONSTITUTION HAD NOT PREDETERMINED STATUS OF SLAVERY IN FUTURE STATES B) THE CONSTITUTION GAVE CONGRESS THE POWER TO SET REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMITTANCE AS A STATE |
| IDEA/PROVISIONS RELATED TO SLAVERY IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY | BANNED IN STATES MADE NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER |
| IDEA/PROVISIONS RELATED TO SLAVERY IN THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE | NO SLAVERY NORTH OF 36,30 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE LINE |
| IDEA/PROVISIONS RELATED TO SLAVERY IN THE WILMONT PROVISO | IT WAS PROPOSED 3 MONTHS AFTER WAR STARTED; NO SLAVERY IN LAND ACQUIRED FROM MEXICO |
| IDEA/PROVISIONS RELATED TO SLAVERY IN THE IDEA OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY/SQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY | PROPOSED BY CASS; IT WAS THE IDEA TO ALLOW SETTLERS DECIDE ON SLAVERY |
| IDEAS/PROVISIONS OF THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 | PROVISION PROPOSED BY CLAY 1) ADMIT CA AS A FREE STATE 2) ADMIT THE REST OF MEXICO CESSION W/OUT PROHIBITING SLAVERY 3) ENACT A NEW, TOUGHER FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW 4) PROHIBIT THE BUYING/SELLING OF SLAVES IN DC 5) SETTLE THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE B/WEEN NM & |
| IDEA/PROVISIONS OF THE OSTEND MANIFESTO | ISSUED DURING KANSAS/NEBRASKA DEBATE; STATED THE US WOULD "WREST" CUBA FROM SPAIN IF NECESSARY |
| IDEA/PROVISIONS OF THE DRED SCOTT CASE | LAWSUIT FOR FREEDOM BROUGHT TO COURT BY MISSOURI SLAVE DRED SCOTT |
| IDEA/PROVISIONS OF THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT | PROPOSED TO ALLOW SETTLERS IN EACH TERRITORY DECIDE ON ISSUE OF SLAVERY |
| WHY WERE VOTERS APATHETIC IN THE 1850'S? | NEITHER PARTY TOOK A STAND ON SLAVERY |
| WHICH PARTY WAS FORMED IN OPPOSITION TO MASSIVE IMMIGRATION INTO THE US? | THE KNOWNOTHING PARTY |
| HOW DID THE BOOK/MAGAZINE UNCLE TOM'S CABIN DEAL W/SLAVERY? | PUBLISHED AGAINST SLAVERY |
| HOW DID THE BOOK/MAGAZINE DeBOW'S REVIEW DEAL W/SLAVERY? | PUBLISHED AS PRO SLAVERY |
| HOW DID THE BOOK/MAGAZINE IMPENDING CRISIS IN THE SOUTH DEAL W/SLAVERY? | PUBLISHED AGAINST SLAVERY |
| WHO WAS JOHN BROWN? | A) OPPOSED SLAVERY & SUPPORTED LAWRENCE GOV'T B) KILLED PRO-SLAVERY SETTLERS @ POTTAWATTOMIE, KS |
| WHO WAS HARRIET BEECHER STOWE? | AUTHOR OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN |
| WHO WAS HINTON HELPER? | AUTHOR OF IMPENDING CRISIS OF THE SOUTH |
| WHO WAS PRESTON BROOKS? | HE ATTACKED ANTI-SLAVERY SENATOR SUMNER ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE DUE TO PERCEIVED SLANDER |
| WHO WAS CHARLES SUMNER? | ANTI-SLAVERY SENATOR FROM MASS. |
| WHO WAS DRED SCOTT? | MISSOURI SLAVE THAT SUED FOR HIS FREEDOM |
| WHAT WAS THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA CONTROVERSY? | the idea of organizing territories west of IOWA & MISSOURI thru KANSAS & NEBRASKA; WOULD ALLOW SETTLERS TO DECIDE ISSUE OF SLAVERY |
| HOW DID THE PASSAGE OF THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL IMPACT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY | IT BECAME DIVIDED |
| WHO FORMED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BECAUSE OF THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BILL? | A) THOSE FAVORING FREE-SOIL B) ANTI-NEBRASKA WHIGS C) UNHAPPY NORTHERN DEMOCRATS |
| WHY DID NORTHERNERS OPPOSE THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA ACT? | A) THEY FELT IT NEGATED THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE B) THEY FELT IT WENT AGAINST A TRADITION C) THEY FELT IT WOULD ALLOW A SHIFT IN POWER IN FAVOR OF SLAVERY |
| WHAT CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS WERE RAISED BY THE DRED SCOTT CASE? | A) IS A NEGRO A CITIZEN? B) CAN CONGRESS PROHIBIT SLAVERY IN A FED.TERRITORY? C) WHAT ARE THE LIMITS OF JUDICIAL SOVEREIGNTY? |
| WHY WAS THE ELECTION CONCERNING SLAVERY IN KANSAS ILLEGAL? | NON-RESIDENTS WERE CASTING VOTES |
| WHAT IDEAS HAVE HISTORIANS GIVEN TO EXPLAIN WHY THE SOUTH WAS READY TO SECEDE IN 1860? | A) CLASH OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS B) IRRESPONSIBLE POLITICIANS IN N & S CAUSING A STIR OVER NON-DIVISION ISSUES C) IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES OVER SLAVERY |
| WHAT HAPPENED TO NATIONAL DENOMINATIONS BECAUSE OF SECTIONALISM? | THE SOUTH DECIDED TO SECEDE |
| NAME THE 4 TIMES/ISSUES WHEN THE US COULD HAVE HAD A CIVIL WAR BEFORE 1861. | 1) 1820- MISSOURI STATEHOOD 2) 1832- NULLIFICATION 3) 1850- CA & NM STATEHOOD 4) 1854- KANSAS-NEBRASKA ISSUE |
| WHICH STATE SECEDED FIRST | SOUTH CAROLINA ON DEC. 20, 1860 |
| WHY DID S. CAROLINA SECEDE (CONSTITUTIONAL REASON)? | UNION IS A COMPACT AMONG SOVEREIGN STATES- EACH STATE SHOULD HOLD A CONVENTION TO VOTE ON SECESSION |
| WHY DID S. CAROLINA SECEDE (IMMEDIATE REASON)? | LINCOLN/REPUBLICANS HAD NO SUPPORT IN THE SOUTH AND HAD WON PRESIDENCY BASED ON AN INSULT OF S.C. HONOR/OPPOSED ITS INTERESTS |
| 11 CONFEDERATE STATES | ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, N.C., S.C., TEXAS, VA, TN |
| WHY DIDN'T THE UPPER SOUTH SECEDE BY MARCH OF 1861? | THEY WERE NOT CONVINCED LINCOLN'S ELECTION WAS A GOOD ENOUGH REASON |
| WHEN AND WHERE DID THE CIVIL WAR ACTUALLY BEGIN? | FT. SUMTER, SC IN 1861 |
| WHY DID THE CIVIL WAR START IN SUMTER, SC? | WHEN UNION FORCES ARRIVED WITH PROVISIONS FOR THE FORT, SC PERCEIVED IT AS A UNION INVASION AND OPENED FIRE ON UNION FORCES |
| WHAT WAS THE NORTH'S (AND LINCOLN'S) REASON FOR FIGHTING THE WAR? | TO REUNITE THE UNION |
| IN THE CIVIL WAR, WHICH WERE THE BORDER STATES? | DELAWARE, KENTUCKY, MISSOURI, MARYLAND |
| WHY WAS PRES. LINCOLN SO CONCERNED ABOUT MARYLAND & DELAWARE LEAVING THE UNION? | HE DID NOT WANT TO ALIENATE THEM AND PUSH THEM INTO JOINING THE CONFEDERACY |
| WHICH STATE WAS FORMED BECAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR? | W. VIRGINIA |
| WHY DID VA, TN, ARKANSAS, AND NC JOIN THE CONFEDERACY? | THEY WERE FORCED TO CHOOSE SIDES WHEN LINCOLN ASKED THEM TO JOIN W/UNION FORCES TO TAKE BACK FT. SUMTER |
| DURING THE CIVIL WAR, WHAT WERE THE ADVANTAGES OF THE NORTH? | LARGE POPULATION, MORE RAILROADS, LARGER INDUSTRY CAPACITY |
| DURING THE CIVIL WAR, WHAT WERE THE ADVANTAGES IN THE SOUTH? | ONLY HAD TO DEFEND ITSELF, KNEW THE LAND, FRIENDLY POPULATION, BETTER MILITARY LEADERS, EASY TO RALLY THE PEOPLE |
| DURING THE CIVIL WAR, WHAT WERE THE DISADVANTAGES IN THE NORTH? | HAD TO INVADE HOSTILE/UNKNOWN LAND, HAD TO DEFEAT THE SOUTH TO SUCCEED, HARDER TO RALLY THE PEOPLE, STATE GOVERNORS RESISTED CENTRALIZED MILITARY DIRECTION |
| DURING THE CIVIL WAR, WHAT WERE THE DISADVANTAGES IN THE SOUTH? | NOT INDUSTRIALIZED-NEEDED MANUFACTURED GOODS FROM OUTSIDE THE SOUTH, HAD FEW RAILROADS, SMALLER POPULATION, COTTON WAS NOT FOOD, STATE GOVERNORS RESISTED CENTRALIZED MILITARY DIRECTION, SHORT ON DISPOSABLE WEALTH |
| DURING THE CIVIL WAR, WHAT SHORTAGES DID THE SOUTH FACE? | FOOD, RAILROADS, LACK OF MANUFACTURED GOODS, SHORT ON DISPOSABLE WEALTH |
| WHAT WAS THE SOUTH'S IMPORTANT DIPLOMATIC PLAN/KING COTTON DIPLOMACY? | THEY NEEDED FOREIGN POWERS (BRIT. & FRANCE) TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS A NATION AT WAR TO GET HELP FROM THEM |
| WHY DID THE KING COTTON DIPLOMACY FAIL? | BRITAIN WOULD NOT HELP BECAUSE THEY FEARED IT WOULD CAUSE A WAR W/US (UNION) |
| WHAT REASON FOR FIGHTING THE WAR WAS ADDED BY THE UNION IN 1863? | THE 13TH AMENDMENT OUTLAWING SLAVERY |
| WHAT WAS LINCOLN'S PLAN TO WIN THE WAR? | A) FIGHT IN VA B) TAKE CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
| WHAT WAS THE ANACONDA PLAN? | TO BLOCK HARBORS/PORTS OF THE CSA AND CONTROL THE MISS. RIVER |
| WHAT WAS JEFFERSON DAVIS' PLAN TO WIN THE WAR? | TO FIGHT A DEFENSIVE WAR TO WEAR THE UNION DOWN |
| HOW DID JEFFERSON DAVIS HURT THE SOUTH'S WAR EFFORTS? | A) HE DID NOT HANDLE GENERALS WELL B) GAVE LITTLE LEADERSHIP IN HANDLING PROBLEMS IN CONFEDERATE STATES C) HAD NO ORGANIZED PARTY TO SUPPORT HIM |
| WHY DID LINCOLN HESITATE TO ISSUE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION? | A) DIDN'T WANT TO ALIENATE BORDER STATE, FORCING THEM TO JOIN THE CSA B) PREFERRED GRADUAL COMPENSATED FORM OF EMANCIPATION C) ACKNOWLEDGED RACISM IN BOTH NORTH & SOUTH |
| WHO WAS FREED BY THE 1863 EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION? | ALL SLAVES IN AREAS CONTROLLED BY THE CONFEDERACY; 1/4 OF THE SLAVE POPULATION (4 MILLION) |
| WHO REMAINED SLAVES AFTER THE PROCLAMATION? | A) THOSE IN BORDER STATES B) THOSE IN AREAS OF THE SOUTH CAPTURED BY THE UNION BEFORE PROCLAMATION WAS ENACTED |
| WHAT WAS OUTLAWED BY THE 13TH AMENDMENT IN 1865? | SLAVERY |
| WHAT LAWS WERE PASSED BY REPUBLICANS WHILE THE SOUTH WAS OUT OF THE UNION? | A) ENROLLMENT ACT B) 13TH AMENDMENT C) EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION D) PROCLAMATION OF AMNESTY |
| WHAT PROBLEMS DID THE SOUTH FACE BY 1863? | A) DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS IN EUROPE FAILED B) ECONOMY IN SHAMBLES C) SOCIAL ISSUES (SLAVERY) D) MOUNTAINEERS RESISTED CONFEDERACY |
| WHO OPPOSED THE WAR IN THE NORTH? | A) THOSE WHO HAD BECOME WAR WEARY B) THOSE OPPOSED TO THE ENROLLMENT ACT C) NORTHERN DEMOCRATS THAT OPPOSED EMANCIPATION |
| HOW DID THE WAR IMPACT WOMEN? | MANY WERE WIDOWED/LEFT UNMARRIED |
| HOW DID THE WAR IMPACT BLACKS? | ALTHOUGH EMANCIPATED, MANY STATES STILL DENIED THEM THE RIGHT TO VOTE/EQUALITY |
| HOW DID THE WAR IMPACT WORKING WHITES? | THE WAR CAUSED THE ECONOMY TO SUFFER- PRICES BECAME HIGHER |
| HOW DID THE WAR IMPACT IMMIGRANTS? | GAINED MORE RESPECT OF RESIDENTS BY FIGHTING A WAR THAT WAS NOT THEIRS TO FIGHT |
| WHAT DID THE NORTH'S VICTORY PROVE? | PROVED THE UNION WAS INDIVISIBLE; FED. GOV'T WAS SUPREME OVER THE STATES/BROAD CONSTITUTIONALITY ON MATTERS OF NAT. GENERAL WELFARE |
| WHY WAS CAPTURING CHATTANOOGA SO IMPORTANT TO GENERAL GRANT? | HE WANTED TO STOP THE RAILROADS FROM TRANSPORTING MATERIALS TO BE USED FOR CANNONS |
| AFTER CHATTANOOGA, WHAT WAS GRANT'S PLAN TO DEFEAT THE SOUTH? | A) KEEP CONTROL OF THE MISS. RIVER B)KEEP CONTROL OF ALL AREAS ALREADY WON C) SEND SHERMAN TO CAPTURE ATLANTA & THE LOWER SOUTHERN STATES |
| WHAT WERE THE PROVISIONS OF PRES. LINCOLN'S 1863 PROCLAMATION OF AMNESTY & RECONSTRUCTION? | A) GIVE FULL PARDON TO ALL SOUTHERNERS WHO TOOK AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE/ACCEPTED EMANCIPATION B) ALLOWED A GOV'T TO BE SET UP WHEN 10% OF THE VOTING POPULATION HAD TAKEN ALLEGIANCE OATH |
| WHY DID PRES. LINCOLN FEEL THAT THE PRESIDENT COULD PARDON SOUTHERNERS? | FELT SECESSION DIDN'T PLACE THE CSA OUTSIDE THE UNION, AS IT WAS INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD DEFIED FED. AUTHORITY-THOSE LOYAL COULD BE PARDONED |
| WHY DID CONGRESS BELIEVE IT CONTROLLED RECONSTRUCTION? | THEY SAID IT WAS A CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE. |
| WHAT IN ANDREW JOHNSON'S BACKGROUND HEAVILY SHAPED HIS RECONSTRUCTION IDEAS? | A) WAS FROM S.E. TN B) HE WAS POOR C) HAD LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION D) GAINED POLITICAL POWER AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF WHITES IN E. TN/BELIEVED IN WHITE SUPREMACY |
| PROVISIONS OF PRES. JOHNSON'S RECONSTRUCTION POLICY | A) EACH SOUTHERN STATE PLACED UNDER AUTHORITY OF A PROVISIONAL GOVERNOR B) EACH GOVERNOR WOULD CAL A CONST. CONVENTION W/REPS TAKING LINCOLN'S OATH OF ALLEGIANCE; REPS ELECTED BY LOYAL WHITES; CONFEDERATE LEADERS/SUPPORTERS COULDN'T VOTE |
| JOHNSON'S RECONSTRUCTION POLICY: OUTLINE OF STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN EACH STATE'S CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION | A) DECLARE THE ORDINANCE OF SECESSION ILLEGAL B) REPUDIATE CONFEDERATE DEBT C) RATIFY THE 13TH AMENDMENT |
| UNDER JOHNSON'S RECONSTRUCTION POLICY, HOW WOULD FREED SLAVES BE TREATED IN THE NEWLY ADMITTED STATES? | THEY WOULD HAVE LIMITED EQUALITY IN TERMS OF VOTING ETC |
| WHAT DID MODERATES IN CONGRESS WANT RECONSTRUCTION TO ACCOMPLISH? | A) TO NOT ALLOW EX-CONFEDERATES TO REGAIN POLITICAL CONTROL IN THE SOUTH TO PREVENT SHIFT IN REPRESENTATION B) TO PROVIDE SOME VOTING RIGHTS TO BLACKS, BUT NOT EQUALITY |
| WHAT DID RADICALS IN CONGRESS WANT RECONSTRUCTION TO ACCOMPLISH? | A) TO NOT ALLOW EX-CONFEDERATES TO REGAIN POLITICAL CONTROL IN THE SOUTH TO PREVENT SHIFT IN REPRESENTATION B) BLACKS TO BE GIVEN TOTAL EQUALITY C) TO TAKE LAND FROM CONFEDERATES AND RE-DISTRIBUTE IT TO BLACKS |
| HOW/WHY DID THE CONVENTIONS HELD IN SOUTHERN STATES UNDER JOHNSON'S POLICY FOR RECONSTRUCTION ANGER MODERATES? | THEY PASSED VOTING LAWS EXCLUDING BLACKS- PROVED RACISM |
| HOW/WHY DID THE CONVENTIONS ANGERS RADICALS IN CONGRESS? | THEY WERE ANGERED BY A) THE DECISION TO ALLOW STATES TO DECIDE ON ISSUES RELATED TO BLACKS B)ALLOWING MORE LENIENCY FOR READMISSION OF SOUTHERN STATES |
| WHAT ARE THE PROVISIONS OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT? | A)STATES CAN'T ABRIDGE A CITIZEN'S RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROSPERITY W/O DUE PROCESS OF LAW B)STATES CAN'T DENY A CITIZEN EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW C)ALL PERSONS BORN/NATURALIZED IN THE US ARE CITIZENS |
| MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE 15TH AMENDMENT | A PERSON'S RACE, COLOR, OR PRIOR HISTORY AS A SLAVE COULD NOT BE USED TO BAR THAT PERSON FROM VOTING; MEN IN BOTH N & S GOT VOTING RIGHTS (NOT INDIANS) |
| WHEN CONGRESS TOOK OVER RECONSTRUCTION, WHAT POLITICAL PARTY DID PRES. JOHNSON START? | NATIONAL UNION PARTY |
| UNDER CONGRESSIONAL/RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION, WHAT WERE THE PROVISIONS FOR A STATE'S RE-ADMITTANCE TO THE UNION? | A) SOUTH PLACED UNDER MILITARY LAW B) EACH STATE WANTING READMITTANCE HAD TO WRITE A NEW CONSTITUTION 1) ALLOWING BLACKS TO VOTE 2) AGREEING TO FOLLOW THE 14TH AMEND. & DENY EX-CONFEDERATES THE RIGHT TO HOLD OFFICE |
| WHAT FALSE ASSUMPTION WAS MADE BY TH CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION PLAN? | ASSUMED THAT ONCE BLACKS HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE, THEY WOULD HAVE THE POWER TO PROTECT THEIR OWN RIGHTS |
| WHICH LAW WAS PRES. JOHNSON ACCUSED OF BREAKING THAT BECAME THE REASON FOR HIS IMPEACHMENT? | THE TENURE OF OFFICE ACT |
| DEFINE IMPEACHMENT | TO PUT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL ON TRIAL BEFORE AN AUTHORIZED TRIBUNAL |
| STEPS IN IMPEACHMENT | US HOUSE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATES ALLEGATIONS/BRINGS CHARGES; ALL HOUSE MEMBERS VOTE ON WHAT CHARGES TO SEND TO TRIAL; SENATE HEARS EVIDENCE & ACTS AS JURY TO DETERMINE GUILT; IF GUILTY, SENATE DECIDES PUNISHMENT |
| WHY DID SOME REPUBLICANS LEAVE THEIR PARTY TO VOTE FOR PRES. JOHNSON'S ACQUITTAL? | A) EVIDENCE DID NOT PROVE GUILT B) CONVICTION WOULD RUIN THE POWER BALANCE B/WEEN THE EXECUTIVE/LEGISLATE GOV'T BRANCHES |
| WHO WERE THE CARPETBAGGERS? | NORTHERNERS WHO CAME SOUTH AFTER THE CIVIL WAR |
| WHO WERE THE SCALAWAGS? | SOUTHERNERS WHO HELPED NORTHERNERS & HAD OPPOSED SECESSION |
| WHO WERE THE SOUTHERN REDEEMERS? | EX-CONFEDERATE MEN ELECTED IN THE SOUTH AFTER RECONSTRUCTION |
| GENERALLY, WHO BELONGED TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE SOUTH DURING RECONSTRUCTION? | EX-CONFEDERATES |
| IN THE SOUTH, WHO BELONGED TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY USUALLY (DURING RECONSTRUCTION) | PRO-UNION MEMBERS WHO HAD OPPOSED SLAVERY (FARMERS) |
| WHAT WAS DONE IN THE SOUTH TO KEEP BLACKS FROM VOTING? | A) REQUIRED LITERACY TESTING B) PROPERTY OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT C) POLL TAX HAD TO BE PAID YEARLY D) GRANDFATHER CLAUSE (HAD TO HAVE VOTED BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR) |
| 2 SECRET GROUPS THAT TRIED TO KEEP BLACKS "IN THEIR PLACE"? | KU KLUX KLAN AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE WHITE CAMELLIA |
| WHAT IS THE REPUTATION OF PRES. GRANT'S ADMINISTRATION? | THOUGHT HIM CORRUPT |
| WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE BLACK CODES AND JIM CROW LAWS? | TO IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS AND SEGREGATE BLACKS |
| WHAT DO THE BLACK CODES/JIM CROW LAWS SHOW ABOUT THE ATTITUDE OF SOUTHERNERS TOWARD FREED SLAVES? | STILL THOUGHT THEM INFERIOR |
| WHAT CAUSED THE DECLINE OF RADICAL REPUBLICAN IDEALISM IN THE LATE 1870'S? | AS RADICAL REPUBLICANS DIED, THEY WERE NOT REPLACED |
| WHAT PART DID PRES. GRANT PLAY IN THE SCANDALS THAT HURT HIS PRESIDENCY? | HE FAILED TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THOSE IN HIS ADMINISTRATION WHO WERE FOUND GUILTY OF CORRUPTION. |
| WHAT WERE THE DATES OF RECONSTRUCTION? | 1865-1877 |
| WHY DID RECONSTRUCTION END? | A) HAYES WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT B) THROUGH THE COMPROMISE OF 1877, PRES. HAYES KEPT HIS PROMISE AND REMOVED FEDERAL TROOPS FROM THE SOUTH |
| HOW WAS HAYES ELECTED PRESIDENT (THE DEAL WAS...) |
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