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Clep 1865 Reconstru
1865 Civil War Reconstruction Period
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were Democrats promised in the Compromise of 1877? | An end to Reconstruction |
| The 14th Amendment | Made all people born in the U.S. - and all those who had been naturalized - citizens with certain civil rights (NOT ALL civil rights) 1868 |
| What Constitutional Amendment made all naturalized persons and all persons born in the U.S. citizens - and gave them (limited) civil rights? | The 14th Amendment 1868 |
| What Amendment were most former Confederate states required to ratify during Reconstruction? | The 14th Amendment 1868 |
| Were former Confederate states required to give blacks the same civil rights afforded to whites? | No. The 14th Amendment provided some civil rights but not all those afforded to white male citizens. 1868 |
| Did Northern Radicals care whether or not Reconstruction was Constitutionl? | Not particularly 1877 |
| Three requirements of Andrew Johnson to former Confederate states at the end of the war: | Required: Ratification of 13th Amendment; renouncement of secession and repudiation of the Confederate debt. 1865 |
| Andrew Johnson's stand on reparations by Confederate states: | He did not require them to pay reparations. 1865 |
| The 13th Amendment | Ended slavery 1865 |
| 'Extend the franchise to blacks' | Allow them to vote 1865 |
| What did the Confederate states need to do before their state governments would be recognized and the military would leave there state? | ratify the 14th Amendment 1868 |
| Why was 14th Amendment passed? | It was passed because Andrew Johnson was refusing to enforce laws protecting the civil righs of former slaves - and blacks in general. 1968 |
| What Amendment is considered most important by many legal scholars? | The 14th: which mandates the federal government provide equal protection under the law for every citizen. 1868 |
| The 13th Amendment | Abolished slavery 1865 |
| President ______ ______advocated a quick return to the Union for the Southern states once disloyal elements had been removed from public life. | Andrew Johnson |
| ______ assassination in April propelled Johnson into the presidency in April 1865, and from there, | Lincoln's |
| Which president presided over the final defeat of the Confederacy and the restoration of his beloved Union? Reconstruction of the Union proved to be more difficult than anticipated. | Andrew Johnson |
| What was Johnson's primary goal in Reconstruction? | His primary goal was the assumption of power by common whites in the South. |
| _____ _____ in Congress wanted guarantees that the former slaves would receive decent treatment, a concern that Johnson did not share; | Radical Republicans |
| On February 24, 1868, a resolution of impeachment was passed by the House of Representatives, and a committee was appointed to report articles of impeachment against President ________ _______. | Johnson 1865 |
| Why was Andrew Johnson (17th pres) acquitted from at the impreachement? | The final count of 35 to 19 was one vote short of the two-thirds that were needed for conviction. Johnson had been acquitted. |
| Why was Andrew Johnson impeached? | primary charge against Johnson was with violation of the Tenure of Office Act, passed by Congress the previous year. |
| Tenure of office Act | enacted over the veto of Johnson, denied the President the power to remove anyone who had been appointed by a past President w/o the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. 1865 |
| One way Louisiana prevented voting limitations from affecting whites was the ___ ___--men were allowed to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had been eligible to vote before 1867. | grandfather clause |
| In the 1890s, many Southern states imposed voting limitations which were mainly designed to prevent ___ ___ from voting. | African Americans 1890 |
| Other states also adopted variations of the grandfather clause. No blacks in the South had fathers or grandfathers who had been eligible to vote before 1867. Such grandfather clauses were declared ______ by the Supreme Court in 1915. | unconstitutional |
| The 13th Amendment did what? | abolished slavery in the United States. |
| The 13th Amendment was ratified in December of _____.. | 1865 |
| The Civil War was followed by ____years of reconstruction, during which the North and South debated the future of black Americans and waged bitter political battles. | twelve |
| Reconstruction is the general term for the transition of the former Confederate states from Federal control to restoration of _______. The period of reconstruction spanned 1865 to 1877. | statehood |
| Southerners who agreed with the Republicans and worked with the __________ were called scalawags. | carpetbaggers |
| Scalawags were the native whites who chose the ______ ______ as their political vehicle after the Civil War. | Republican Party |
| The 15th Amendment | Guaranteed the vote to all male citizens of majority age. |
| The S. states that had formed new gov. by Dec.1865 had done all of the following EXCEPT a. ban slavery. b. ban rich Southerners from holding public office. c. granted the vote to African American men. d. renounced their secession laws. | c. granted the vote to African American men. 1870 granted |
| By the end of the 1800s, all of the following restricted the civil rights of African Americans in the South EXCEPT a. Jim Crow. b. the Compromise of 1877. c. a poll tax. d. a literacy test to qualify to vote. e. a grandfather clause, | b. the Compromise of 1877. |
| William Lloyd Garrison published a paper called___ _______. This paper was devoted to the abolition of slavery. | The Liberator 1865 |
| ____ ____ _____ greatly influenced an ex-slave, Frederick Douglass. As a man, Douglass regularly attended Abolitionist meetings, and in 1841, Frederick Douglass heard newspaper publisher speak at one. | William Lloyd Garrison 1841 |
| Frederick Douglass | After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory 1865 |
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