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reconstruction and new south
  • Violet Hackert

  • 問題数 28 • 8/10/2023

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  • 1

    What were the 5 beliefs held by most southerners in regard to the lost cause myth

    The South Succeeded from the Union because their way of life was being threatened And that the Constitution allowed them the right to succeed, The South Was profoundly more Christian and virtuous than the greedy North, Believed the slavery system was more benevolent then cruel and that the South preserved true Christian teachings, The South was more noble honorable and had superior leadership skills and courage, They were only defeated due to the North's massive availability of manpower and their industrial might

  • 2

    Critics of the lost cause myth believed differently how so

    They view the Southern attitude after the war in an entirely Lens, Southern belief in the lost cause was inherently all about white supremacy and there attempt to preserve this air of white supremacy and nothing more

  • 3

    Who controlled the US Congress during reconstruction in what was their main goals

    Radical republicans, Wanted to destroy the power former slaveholders, Wanted African Americans do have full citizenship including suffrage

  • 4

    What did the 13th amendment to the Constitution do

    Outlawed slavery in America

  • 5

    What was share cropping and how did northerners view It

    Share croppers or farmers who worked someone else's land and gave at least half of the profit to the landowner at harvest time, People in the North still viewed it as slavery

  • 6

    What was tenant Farming

    When they rented the land and kept the profit from the harvest

  • 7

    What were the 3 main facets of the reconstruction act of 1867

    Divided the Confederate states into 5 military districts, Voters in the districts would elect delegates to conventions in which new state constitutions would be drafted, State constitutions had to ensure that black men could vote and the state had to ratify the 14th amendment

  • 8

    Describe what the Friedman's bureau passed by Congress was

    It assisted former slaves and poor Southern whites by distributing food and clothes and establishing hospitals teacher training programs schools and industrial institutions

  • 9

    What was a carpet bagger

    Northerners who came to the South during reconstruction to take advantage of the turmoil in the South

  • 10

    What was a scalawag in the Southerner's eyes

    They were traitors

  • 11

    Define the civil rights act of 1866

    Gave African American's citizenship and forbade states from passing discriminatory laws called black codes

  • 12

    What did the 14th amendment do

    Gave all people born or naturalized in the US citizens also gave citizens equal protection under the law

  • 13

    What did the 15th amendment do

    No one could be denied the right to vote

  • 14

    What's were black codes

    Limit the rights of black people

  • 15

    Who were the liberal republicans of the early 1870s and who was the leader

    Liberal republicans were a group who broke away from reconstruction, Horace Greeley

  • 16

    What did the amnesty act allow for

    Pardened most former confederates, Full rights were granted including voting, Former soldiers were members of the democrat party, Democrats soon gained control of state governments in the South, The KK helps the democrats take power by terrorizing Republican voters

  • 17

    After the re-election of Ulysses grant what 2 items would devastate his administration and hurt the Republican party

    Grants and the nation endured a severe economic depression, Add railroad investments force the powerful banking firm of j cook and company to declare a bankruptcy

  • 18

    Due to these 2 items what was the fallout or results

    Many small banks were forced to close in the stock market to plummet and thousands of businesses shut down, Thousands of Americans were out of jobs

  • 19

    Who were the candidates for the 2 main political parties in the election of 1876

    Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden

  • 20

    Explain what the controversy was surrounding the election of 1876

    4 states had a dispute And kept the outcome in doubt

  • 21

    What was the outcome of the compromise of 1877

    Republicans would withdraw all remaining troops from Southern states and the democrats promised to maintain African American rights

  • 22

    What did Rutherford B. Hayes declare in his inaugural address regarding the South and reconstruction

    The restoration of wise honest and peaceful local self-government, Decided to let the Southerner's handle racial issues, Federal government would no longer attempt to reshape Southern society, Reconstruction was over

  • 23

    Who were the redeemers and what did they seek to do

    The redeemers We're merchants bankers and other business leaders who supported economic development And came to power, Adoptive conservative policies( to lower traces and reduced government spending )and they cut services from reconstruction (including public education)

  • 24

    What was the intended idea of the New South economically and who proposed this economic idea

    It was Henry w Grady, The New South would have industries based on the region's abundidn't like coal iron tobacco cotton And lumber

  • 25

    Is this idea successful why or why not

    No, Because that caused problems for poor farmers and to repay debts farmers had to grow a cash crop the main crop they chose was cotton and too much cotton was produced and prices fell

  • 26

    How did Southern leaders circumvent the 15th amendment

    They required a poll tax which meant you had to pay to vote and they made literacy tests

  • 27

    What were Jim crowaz and what court case would support their legality, what doctrine was established

    The Jim crow laws separated braided African Americans and whites in almost every public place, The case plessy versus Ferguson Made segregation legal as long as it was equal, Established separate but equal doctrine

  • 28

    What were the successes and failures of reconstruction

    Success helped the South rebuild its economy, Success African Americans gained greater equality created their own institutions and shared in government with whites, Failure Most of the South remained agricultural and poor, Failure their advancements did not last long