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Chapter 12 - Section 1 & 3 - OQ

 
Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best completes the statement.
a.
black codes
g.
Thaddeus Stevens
b.
Reconstruction
h.
Reconstruction Act
c.
Civil Rights Act
i.
Freedmen's Bureau
d.
Ulysses S. Grant
j.
Radical Republicans
e.
Wade-Davis Bill
k.
Fourteenth Amendment
f.
Andrew Johnson
l.
Fifteenth Amendment
 

 1. 

In 1865, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln brings ___ to the presidency. He announces his plan for ___, calling for states to be readmitted to the Union once they have declared secession illegal, sworn allegiance to the Union, repudiated Confederate debts, and ratified the Thirteenth Amendment.
 

 2. 

In 1865, Congress votes to expand the ___, which assists former slaves by providing clothing and food.
 

 3. 

In 1866, Congress passes the ___, giving African Americans citizenship and forbidding states from passing discriminatory laws known as ___.
 

 4. 

In 1866, the president vetoes the Freedmen's Bureau Act and Civil Rights Act leading moderate Republicans to join forces with the ___.
 

 5. 

In 1866, Congress overrides the presidential vetoes and adopts the ___, providing a constitutional basis for the Civil Rights Act and guaranteeing citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
 

 6. 

In 1867, Congress passes the ___, abolishing the governments formed in the former Confederate states and dividing those states into five military districts. This act is promptly vetoed by ___.
 

 7. 

In 1867, the president's refusal to cooperate with Congress's plans for ___ leads Congress to impeach him. At the end of his eleven-day trial, he is found not guilty.
 

 8. 

In 1868, ___ is elected president. After the election, the ___ in Congress, fearing that Southern whites might try to place limits on African-American voting rights, introduce the ___, which states that no one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or having been enslaved.
 
 
Answer the following question(s) on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet of paper.
 

 9. 

Do you think Congress or the presidents of the time had the better approach to Reconstruction? Give at least three reasons for your opinion.
 
 
Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not be used at all. Some may be used more than once.
a.
home rule
g.
Samuel J. Tilden
b.
Ku Klux Klan
h.
Rutherford B. Hayes
c.
Amnesty Act
i.
Radical Republicans
d.
redemption
j.
panic of 1873
e.
Ulysses S. Grant
k.
Supreme Court of the 1870s
f.
Horace Greeley
l.
Compromise of 1877
 

 10. 

This group strongly supported Reconstruction.
 

 11. 

Democrats and Republicans in Congress agreed to this, which decided the outcome of a presidential election and effectively ended Reconstruction in the South.
 

 12. 

This led to economic depression and disputes over currency policies.
 

 13. 

Although this man was considered honest, many of the people he appointed to office were dishonest and corrupt.
 

 14. 

As the Democratic candidate for president in the 1876 election, this man won the popular vote but failed to gain the presidency.
 

 15. 

This allowed many former Confederates to vote and hold elective office.
 

 16. 

Democrats used this term to describe their return to power in the South.
 

 17. 

The power of this group was severely weakened by its ties to political corruption, severe economic problems, and decisions handed down by the Supreme Court in the 1870s.
 

 18. 

During Reconstruction, this white supremacist group committed acts of violence against African Americans to keep them from participating in politics and achieving economic progress.
 

 19. 

This is what Southern Democrats managed to achieve after the 1876 election. It allowed them to restrict African-American rights, cut taxes, and wipe out social programs.
 
 
Answer the following question(s) on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet of paper.
 

 20. 

Identify any three events or trends that led to the collapse of Reconstruction in the South and explain why.
 



 
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