Complete castlelearning for extra credit
NO ESSAY
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Compromise of 1820- (goal of each
compromise- maintain a sectional balance).
Problem: Should Missouri enter as a free state
or a slave state.
Solution- Missouri a slave state, Maine a free
state. No slavery North of 36’ 30.
Created a future problem because it divided
California in half (western territories).
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Problem: California- free or slave. Should
there be slavery in D.C.? If a slave runs away
to the north are they free?
Solution: California was free. No slave trade
in D.C. Passed a stricter fugitive slave law.
Established popular sovereignty.
Popular sovereignty will create future
problems.
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Means let the people decide- vote.
It was not successful- “Bleeding Kansas”
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Cause of the Civil War.
States may not secede from the Union.
Strengthened the power of the Federal
government over state governments.
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People who wanted an end to slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe- Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Tubman- underground railroad
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To put the nation back together as quickly and
easily as possible.
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Immediate cause for secession was the election
of Abraham Lincoln (1860).
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Group in Congress that wanted to punish the
south after the Civil War.
Their plan wins out.
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10% Plan- 10% of the male population of the
state had to take the oath of loyalty.
LENIENT
“With malice (hatred) towards none.”
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Ratify 13th amendment.
10% oath of loyalty.
Remove northern armies from the South.
Lenient- continuation of Lincoln’s Plan.
Johnson is a Democrat.
Congress was Republican- conflict begins.
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Radical Republicans in Congress want to
punish the South.
Divide South into 5 military districts.
13, 14, 15th amendments passed.
Congressional plan wins.
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13- abolished slavery
14- grants citizenship and “equal protection
under the law.”
15- black male suffrage.
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Johnson was impeached for violation of Tenure
of Office Act.
Found not guilty by one vote.
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Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President.
Remove the military from the South.
Put a southerner on the cabinet.
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Allowed for segregated public facilities:
restrooms, trains, parks, water fountains.
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“separate but equal”- 1896
Segregated facilities.
Failure of Reconstruction.
Reversed by Brown v. Board- 1954
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Reconstruction taken over by Congress.
Radical Reconstruction
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Poll taxes- a tax on every voter. Those who
were too poor could not vote.
Literacy Tests-required citizens to demonstrate
that they could read and write before voting.
Grandfather Clause- allowed the son or
grandson of a voter in 1866 or 1867 to vote.