AICE Flashcard Review: Reconstruction

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How were the Reconstruction plans of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson different from those of the Radical Republicans?

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Lincoln and Johnson were more lenient on the former Confederacy.

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He was a racist pro-Union Democrat from Tennessee whose conflicts with the Radical Republicans made his presidency difficult.

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Andrew Johnson

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Racist state laws in the South that eventually led to the 14th Amendment

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The Black Codes

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Southerners hated them, and viewed them as an invasion from the North.

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The Reconstruction Acts

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The cartoon by Thomas Nast was published in 1874. What was the main message of the cartoon?

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Opponents of Reconstruction were using violence to intimidate the freedmen.

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Which pair of groups most helped the freedmen during the Reconstruction Era? Options: Southern Democrats and supporters of the Black Codes, Northern Democrats and Ku Klux Klan members, Radical Republicans and carpetbaggers, “Scalawags” and supporters of President Andrew Johnson

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Radical Republicans and carpetbaggers

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“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” These words are from the

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15th Amendment

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New president Rutherford B. Hayes agreed to remove from the South the only protection freedmen had. This...

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ended Reconstruction