Review for Test on
Reconstruction
In simple terms, what did the
thirteenth, fourteenth, and
fifteenth amendments
provide?
• 13-abolish slavery or
freedom
• 14-citizenship
• 15-the vote
How much of a majority must
the president be convicted
of if he has been through
an impeachment trial?
•2/3
What is the term used to
describe northerners that
came to the south to take
advantage of the new
political, social, and
economic conditions in the
former states of the defeated
Confederacy?
•Carpetbaggers
What are the years of
Reconstruction?
•1865-1877
Who was the VP who
replaced Lincoln after he
was assassinated?
•Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln wanted to
be lenient on the
Reconstruction of the
South. He had a policy in
effect when he died that
was called
•Ten percent plan
Who shot Abraham
Lincoln?
• John Wilkes Booth
What are the parts of the
Reconstruction Act of
1867?
• Divided all succeeded states into 5
Military Districts
• headed by a Union General
• ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
• draw up new constitutions with the
addition of allowing African Americans
the right to vote
What is the term used to
describe the ability to run
state governments without
federal intervention?
•Home Rule
Who was the leader of
the Radical
Republicans?
• Thaddeus Stevens
What gave former slaves and
poor whites (of the former
confederacy) food, clothing,
hospitals, and schools?
• The Freedman’s
Bureau
What was the accusation
that caused the
impeachment of the
President in 1868?
The president had
violated the tenure in
office act
How many military districts were
the old Confederate states
broken into, when
Reconstruction was put into
place?
•5
What was President Johnson’s
Reconstruction Plan?
• Each state had to declare that its
secession was illegal
• swear allegiance to the Union
• ratify the thirteenth Amendment
What political party took
control of the south
when reconstruction
was over?
• Democrats
Which political party was
interested in punishing the
south and giving more
rights to freed African
Americans during the
Reconstruction Era?
•Republicans
What type of farming had the
farmer rent land for cash
then use their own tools
and equipment which they
would, eventually, moved
up the ladder and became
owners of land?
• Tenant Farming
What does impeach
mean?
• To charge
Johnson was not removed
from office in 1868,
why?
• The second portion of the
trial proceeding did not have
enough votes to convict
When the impeachment
process in effect. Where
does the impeachment
charges start and where
does it have the trial?
• Starts in the House of
Representatives
• Tried in the Senate
What type of farming had
Landowners divide their land
and gave each worker a few
acres along with seed and
tools( When crops are
harvested each workers gave
a portion of his crop to the
landowner)?
• Sharecropping
What are the two types of
reconstruction plans that
were instituted?
• Presidential Reconstruction
• Congressional
Reconstruction
What is the term used to
describe northerners that
came to the south to take
advantage of the new
political, social, and
economic conditions in the
former states of the defeated
Confederacy?
• Carpetbaggers
What was the name of the
vigilante group that
wanted to restore white
supremacy after the Civil
War?
• Ku Klux Klan
Which president promised
to end reconstruction if
he was elected?
•Rutherford B.
Hayes
What are Black
Codes?
Restrictive laws that
Southern states adopted
after the Civil War to
regulate the freedom and
movement of former
slaves
Who was the first black
Senator in the United
States?
•Hiram Revels
What is the term for
southerners who joined
the Republican Party or
associated with
carpetbaggers during
Reconstruction?
•Scalawag
Which President had
scandals such as
bribery, fraud, and a
panic during his
presidency?
•Grant
There are only two
presidents that were
impeached, who were
they?
• Andrew Johnson
• William Clinton
What predominately black
college was created in GA
during the Reconstruction Era?
• Morehouse
What infrastructure was added to
the south if they voted for the
Republican candidate in 1876
• Railroads
What is the name of the bill that
became the Radical
Republican’s plan for
reconstruction
• Wade Davis Bill