Unit 6 Practice Test
... 15. At the end of the Civil War, many white Southerners A) reluctantly supported the federal government. B) began planning a new rebellion.. C) saw their former slaves in a new light. D) asked for pardons so that they could once again hold political office and vote. E) still believed that their vie ...
... 15. At the end of the Civil War, many white Southerners A) reluctantly supported the federal government. B) began planning a new rebellion.. C) saw their former slaves in a new light. D) asked for pardons so that they could once again hold political office and vote. E) still believed that their vie ...
Reconstruction
... citizens (thereby repudiating the decision in the Dred Scott case) and also attempted to provide a legal shield against the operation of the southern states’ Black Codes. Republicans feared, however, that the law could be repealed if the Democrats ever won control of Congress. They therefore looked ...
... citizens (thereby repudiating the decision in the Dred Scott case) and also attempted to provide a legal shield against the operation of the southern states’ Black Codes. Republicans feared, however, that the law could be repealed if the Democrats ever won control of Congress. They therefore looked ...
8 Midterm Review Split-Page
... To save the “Southern way of life”” which included slavery freedmen Capture Richmond 54th Massachusetts segregation Grandfather clause States’ rights ...
... To save the “Southern way of life”” which included slavery freedmen Capture Richmond 54th Massachusetts segregation Grandfather clause States’ rights ...
The Reconstruction of The United States
... to vote to every citizen of The United States no matter on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Effecting lives of enslaved African-Americans: It would take the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 before the majority of African Americans in the South were registered to vote. The Sou ...
... to vote to every citizen of The United States no matter on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Effecting lives of enslaved African-Americans: It would take the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 before the majority of African Americans in the South were registered to vote. The Sou ...
Brief Summary Manifest Destiny, Slavery, and
... the U.S. government to rejoin the Union. His plan was altered then abandoned following his death. Vice President Andrew Johnson, who became president, had a similar plan to Lincoln’s in mind when he took over. Johnson was a racist plus hated the planter elite. He made it tough on those groups (black ...
... the U.S. government to rejoin the Union. His plan was altered then abandoned following his death. Vice President Andrew Johnson, who became president, had a similar plan to Lincoln’s in mind when he took over. Johnson was a racist plus hated the planter elite. He made it tough on those groups (black ...
Chapter 22 Notes - George`s AP US Survival Blog
... South wanted to maintain that tight control. Harsh penalties were in store for those freedmen that jumped ship from their labor contracts, usually contracts with their former masters. These contracts were usually low paying contracts with an employer for one year. Those that don’t comply either had ...
... South wanted to maintain that tight control. Harsh penalties were in store for those freedmen that jumped ship from their labor contracts, usually contracts with their former masters. These contracts were usually low paying contracts with an employer for one year. Those that don’t comply either had ...
A `White Man`s War?`
... that ended in a victory for the colonists and the founding of a new nation, the United States of America. Only eighty five years later, in 1861, the first shots were fired in a different war—a war between the states that became known as the Civil War. It was a war fought between the Confederate St ...
... that ended in a victory for the colonists and the founding of a new nation, the United States of America. Only eighty five years later, in 1861, the first shots were fired in a different war—a war between the states that became known as the Civil War. It was a war fought between the Confederate St ...
1861 Civil War
... that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the ...
... that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the ...
RECONSTRUCTION 1863-1896
... Job limitations: could work only as servants or farmhands and had to sign a year long contract. Without a contract African Americans would be arrested and sentenced to work on a plantation. ...
... Job limitations: could work only as servants or farmhands and had to sign a year long contract. Without a contract African Americans would be arrested and sentenced to work on a plantation. ...
Chapter 22 - The Ordeal of Reconstruction
... 1. Extremely racist Whites who hated the Blacks founded the “Invisible Empire of the South,” or Ku Klux Klan, in Tennessee in 1866—an organization that scared Blacks into not voting or not seeking jobs, etc… and often resorted to violence against the Blacks in addition to terror. 2. This radical gro ...
... 1. Extremely racist Whites who hated the Blacks founded the “Invisible Empire of the South,” or Ku Klux Klan, in Tennessee in 1866—an organization that scared Blacks into not voting or not seeking jobs, etc… and often resorted to violence against the Blacks in addition to terror. 2. This radical gro ...
Chapter 7, Section 4 - Augusta Independent Schools
... South after the Civil War. They also had to decide under what terms and conditions the former Confederate states would rejoin the Union. C. President Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction called for a general amnesty, or pardon, to all Southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the Un ...
... South after the Civil War. They also had to decide under what terms and conditions the former Confederate states would rejoin the Union. C. President Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction called for a general amnesty, or pardon, to all Southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the Un ...
Chapter 22 The Ordeal of Reconstruction
... 1. In December, 1865, when many of the Southern states came to be reintegrated into the Union, among them were former Confederates and Democrats, and most Republicans were disgusted to see their former enemies on hand to reclaim seats in Congress. 2. During the war, without the Democrats, the Republ ...
... 1. In December, 1865, when many of the Southern states came to be reintegrated into the Union, among them were former Confederates and Democrats, and most Republicans were disgusted to see their former enemies on hand to reclaim seats in Congress. 2. During the war, without the Democrats, the Republ ...
Republican Government Brings Change to the South
... Republicans took control in the election of 1866 after riots in the South discredited Johnson’s views. Radicals now had the votes needed to pass the Reconstruction Acts. These laws put the southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft new constitutions. Congress also passed ...
... Republicans took control in the election of 1866 after riots in the South discredited Johnson’s views. Radicals now had the votes needed to pass the Reconstruction Acts. These laws put the southern states under U.S. military control and required them to draft new constitutions. Congress also passed ...
Reconstruction - Henry County Schools
... c. Ways AA were kept from voting which limited their political rights: (1) polls places changed without telling them; (2) made the polling places too far away for them to get to them; (3) forced to pay a poll tax (payment); (4) take a literacy (reading/writing) test on the Constitution; (5) “grandfa ...
... c. Ways AA were kept from voting which limited their political rights: (1) polls places changed without telling them; (2) made the polling places too far away for them to get to them; (3) forced to pay a poll tax (payment); (4) take a literacy (reading/writing) test on the Constitution; (5) “grandfa ...
Presidential Reconstruction
... should be reintegrated as quickly as possible. A minority group of Radical Republicans--led by Thaddeus Stevens in the House and Ben Wade and Charles Sumner in the Senate--sharply rejected Lincoln’s plan, claiming it would result in restoration of the southern aristocracy and reenslavement of blacks ...
... should be reintegrated as quickly as possible. A minority group of Radical Republicans--led by Thaddeus Stevens in the House and Ben Wade and Charles Sumner in the Senate--sharply rejected Lincoln’s plan, claiming it would result in restoration of the southern aristocracy and reenslavement of blacks ...
Civil War Saunders VUS 7 Causes of the War: There are several
... Reconstruction, including the right to vote and sit on juries. In short, Reconstruction’s end marked the beginning of a long period in which African-Americans in the South were denied the full rights of American citizenship. Common soldiers: Most suffered injuries and lost economic standing. Women: ...
... Reconstruction, including the right to vote and sit on juries. In short, Reconstruction’s end marked the beginning of a long period in which African-Americans in the South were denied the full rights of American citizenship. Common soldiers: Most suffered injuries and lost economic standing. Women: ...
Document
... The process of reconstructing the Union began in 1863, two years before the Confederacy formally surrendered. After major Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Abraham Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction in which he outlined his Ten-Percent Plan. The plan stipulated ...
... The process of reconstructing the Union began in 1863, two years before the Confederacy formally surrendered. After major Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Abraham Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction in which he outlined his Ten-Percent Plan. The plan stipulated ...
the civil war
... – 14th- Makes all persons citizens “born or naturalized in the US” – 15th- No one can be kept from voting b/c of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” ...
... – 14th- Makes all persons citizens “born or naturalized in the US” – 15th- No one can be kept from voting b/c of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” ...
Civil War - Cloudfront.net
... within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, shall recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.” ...
... within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, shall recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.” ...
Grant Secures Tennessee
... Americans. It also allowed African Americans to own property and to be treated equally in court. The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. The 15th Amendment to the Constitution was passed by the Republican-led Congress. It said that the right to ...
... Americans. It also allowed African Americans to own property and to be treated equally in court. The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. The 15th Amendment to the Constitution was passed by the Republican-led Congress. It said that the right to ...
Civil War and Reconstruction
... office, only those 3 remained under military rule. ▫ Radicals in congress then decided that those states should not be readmitted until the 15th Amendment had been ratified (forbade the states to deny the vote to any citizen because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”) – All 3 did b ...
... office, only those 3 remained under military rule. ▫ Radicals in congress then decided that those states should not be readmitted until the 15th Amendment had been ratified (forbade the states to deny the vote to any citizen because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”) – All 3 did b ...
Chapter_22_E-Notes_Reconstruction
... d. Dismayed northerners didn’t attempt another civil rights act for 90 years! 7. The end of reconstruction a. By 1870, all former Confederate states had reorganized their state govt’s and reintegrated into the Union, having adopted the 14th and 15th Amendments. i. Once state govt’s ("radical regimes ...
... d. Dismayed northerners didn’t attempt another civil rights act for 90 years! 7. The end of reconstruction a. By 1870, all former Confederate states had reorganized their state govt’s and reintegrated into the Union, having adopted the 14th and 15th Amendments. i. Once state govt’s ("radical regimes ...
NOTES chapter 16 Reconstruction
... A. The Radicals The Radicals wanted to transform the South; were willing to exclude it from the Union until they had achieved their goal. By refusing to work with conservative/moderate Republicans, Johnson/the Democrats forced them to work with the Radicals. B. Congress vs. Johnson Congress worked t ...
... A. The Radicals The Radicals wanted to transform the South; were willing to exclude it from the Union until they had achieved their goal. By refusing to work with conservative/moderate Republicans, Johnson/the Democrats forced them to work with the Radicals. B. Congress vs. Johnson Congress worked t ...
Chapter 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction 1865-1867
... 1.Since Abraham Lincoln believed that the South had never legally withdrawn from the Union, restoration was to be relatively simple. In his plan for restoring the union, the southern states could be reintegrated into the Union if and when they had only 10% of its voters pledge and taken an oath to t ...
... 1.Since Abraham Lincoln believed that the South had never legally withdrawn from the Union, restoration was to be relatively simple. In his plan for restoring the union, the southern states could be reintegrated into the Union if and when they had only 10% of its voters pledge and taken an oath to t ...