US History Chapter 17 Reconstruction

The process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union, period lasted from 1865 to 1877

Plan for readmission of southern states proposed by Lincoln.

Plan that offered southerners amnesty for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion

Plan that allowed states to form a new government and be readmitted to the Union when following conditions were met: 10 % of voters in a state had to swear an oath of loyalty to the US and agree that slavery was illegal.

Alternative to Lincoln's proposal for readmission of southern states

Plan that allowed states to rejoin the Union under two conditions: slavery was banned and a majority of adult males took a loyalty oath

official pardon

Made slavery illegal throughout the US

Expansion of Emancipation Proclamation

Proposed by Congress on January 31, 1865, ratified and took effect on December 18, 1865.

An agency providing relief for freedpeople and certain poor people in the South.

Played an important role in establishing more schools in the South

1. Provided supplies and medical services. 2. Established schools 3. Supervised contracts between freedpeople and employers 4. Took care of lands abandoned or captured during the war

Northern group that provided before the war ended the South with books and teachers

President Lincoln is assassinated

Democrat Vice President to President Lincoln

Bacame president because President Lincoln was killed

Pardoned more than 7,000 Southerners by 1866

1. He appointed temporary state governments 2. States revised their constitutions 3. Elections held for state and federal representatives 4. State government declared secession was illegal 5. State ratified 13th Amendment and did not pay Confederate debts However, Congress refused to recognized the new federal representatives because they were leaders of the Confederacy.

laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans

Required African Americans to sign work contracts creating conditions similar to slavery, to prove employment or be arrested. Prevented owning guns and renting property

Republicans that wanted the federal government to be more involved in Reconstruction and force changes in the South

Leader of the Radical Republicans from Pennsylvania

Leader of the Radical Republicans from Massachusetts

Provided African American the same legal rights as white Americans

Response of Congress because President Johnson vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau bill in 1866

Ensured citizenship for African Americans and guaranteed equal protection

First passed in March 1867

Divided South into five districts, each under military control

Allowed states to be readmitted when a state wrote a new constitution supporting the 14th Amendment and give African American men the right to vote

Process used by Congress to bring charges againes President Johnson

Gave African Americans the right to vote in 1869

Elected President in 1868

African American votes helped him win a narrow victory against Horatio Seymour

Became the first African American Senator in 1870

Important republican in Mississippi and served one term as Senator

secret society opposed to civil rights for African Americans

ended dispute of election outcome between Hayes and Tilden.

agreement to accept Hayes victory

removed all federal troops from the South

Democrats that brought their party back to power

Wanted to reduce the size of state government and limt the rights of African Americans

Special tax people had to pay before they could vogte

Test that targeted African Americans to prevent them from voting

forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places

laws that enforced segregation

Supreme Court ruling that allowed segregation and allowed "separate-but-equal" facilities

facilities implementing segregation

Person that farmed the land but did not own the land and had give the owner most of the crop

Leader of of the new South movement, Atlanta newpaper editor

Economic downturn caused by the bankruptcy of the Northern Pacific Raillroad