Cards in this guide (22)
How did southern agriculture change during Reconstruction
How did the election of Hayes effectively end reconstruction
federal intervention ended in the south
What did the enforcement act of 1870 make illegal
The use of force or coercion to prevent citizens from
voting(:
How did scalawags change government in the south
they brought republican ideas to southern politics
What did the ten percent plan require
What action did congress take to support southern African Americans
congress overturned johnsons vetoes on major reconstruction
legislation
What conductor on the underground railroad was known as black moses
Who benefited least from a sharecropping arrangement
Slaves and farmers who asked landowners for land to work would
be the least benefit since they would get, usually, indebted to
that person.
What role did the redeemers play in ending reconstruction
they worked to put white southerners back into power
During reconstruction what happened to most African American families in the south
they remained in rural areas and worked at jobs such as
lumbering or farming
What was the name of the southern politicians who worked to unite white southerners to regain power in congress
Which statement best explains why the public school system created during reconstruction was both a success and a failure
It allowed southern children to get an education, but
segregation made it expensive.
How did carpetbaggers affect southern politics
The carpetbaggers affected post-Civil War southern politics by insinuating themselves in the local southern economic and political structure. Proposing short-term policies that were profitable to themselves, carpetbaggers slowed the Souths post-war recovery by decades.
Which institution most helped African American society after the Civil War
What group used violence to intimidate American citizens
How would the passage of the wade-Davis bill have slowed the reconstruction effort
The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern
voters swear loyalty to the Union.
Which outcome of reconstruction most likely appealed to both blacks and whites in the south
The Emancipation Proclamation. This allowed both white and black
slaves to become free in the south, although it was not the most
popular law in that area.
Why did Lincoln announce early in the Civil War that he would not free enslaved people
He wanted to avoid war and keep the nation together. He tried to
compromise, thinking he could find a peaceful way to prevent war
and secession. When he realized that war was inevitable, and it
would be violent and bloody, he decided that the post war United
States of America should be a free nation with no slaves. That the
deaths and killing in the Civil War should be for a purpose, and to
end slavery in the USA once and for all.
When did Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant die
Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant died on 1885-07-23.
Under what system did landowners provide farmers with housing and supplies in exchange for a portion of the crop raised
Why did Lincoln decide to change his official stand on slavery
because of antislavery sentiment at home and abroad
How did Reconstruction benefit landowners in the agricultural economy of the South
How did Reconstruction benefit landowners in the agricultural economy of the South?