AMH EXAM #1 WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS {
GRADED A+}
Freedmen - ✔✔Former slaves who had been freed post Civil War.
13th Amendment - ✔✔Abolished slavery
14th Amendment - ✔✔Citizenship
15th Amendment - ✔✔States cannot deny any person the right to vote
because of race.
Johnsonian Reconstruction - ✔✔Effort to restore the South led by
Andrew Johnson. Work began May 29th-December 1865.
,Andrew Johnson's attempt at reconstruction by permitting former
Confederate States to re-frame government, set laws, and Elect
Officials.
--This failed.
Black Codes - ✔✔Southern laws that were set in order to limit the
liberty of the freedmen. Mississippi and South Carolina led this.
Radical Republicans - ✔✔Those that thought the South deserved harsh
punishment, and that the former slaves should be totally equal
immediately.
Joint Committee on Reconstruction - ✔✔Formed in 1866. Was in
opposition to Johnsonian reconstruction, led by Thaddeus Stevens and
Charles Sumner. Radical
Charles Sumner - ✔✔Leader of the radical republicans. Was in the
Senate. He was from Mass and hated the South.
, Thaddeus Stevens - ✔✔A radical republican from Pennsylvania who
was in the House of Reps.
Moderate Republicans - ✔✔group that viewed Reconstruction as a
practical matter of restoring states into the Union and keeping the
former Confederates out of government. They started to abandon
Johnson after he refused the 14th amendment. Didn't want black
codes.
Freedmen's Bureau - ✔✔(1865-1872) Sought to help the transition
from slavery to freedom. Large focus on education.
Radical Reconstruction - ✔✔1867, when the Radical Republicans who
had control in both houses of Congress, took charge of Reconstruction.
Divided the South into 5 military districts and mandated state
constitutions allowing freedmen to vote. Used military force to
mandate.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS {
GRADED A+}
Freedmen - ✔✔Former slaves who had been freed post Civil War.
13th Amendment - ✔✔Abolished slavery
14th Amendment - ✔✔Citizenship
15th Amendment - ✔✔States cannot deny any person the right to vote
because of race.
Johnsonian Reconstruction - ✔✔Effort to restore the South led by
Andrew Johnson. Work began May 29th-December 1865.
,Andrew Johnson's attempt at reconstruction by permitting former
Confederate States to re-frame government, set laws, and Elect
Officials.
--This failed.
Black Codes - ✔✔Southern laws that were set in order to limit the
liberty of the freedmen. Mississippi and South Carolina led this.
Radical Republicans - ✔✔Those that thought the South deserved harsh
punishment, and that the former slaves should be totally equal
immediately.
Joint Committee on Reconstruction - ✔✔Formed in 1866. Was in
opposition to Johnsonian reconstruction, led by Thaddeus Stevens and
Charles Sumner. Radical
Charles Sumner - ✔✔Leader of the radical republicans. Was in the
Senate. He was from Mass and hated the South.
, Thaddeus Stevens - ✔✔A radical republican from Pennsylvania who
was in the House of Reps.
Moderate Republicans - ✔✔group that viewed Reconstruction as a
practical matter of restoring states into the Union and keeping the
former Confederates out of government. They started to abandon
Johnson after he refused the 14th amendment. Didn't want black
codes.
Freedmen's Bureau - ✔✔(1865-1872) Sought to help the transition
from slavery to freedom. Large focus on education.
Radical Reconstruction - ✔✔1867, when the Radical Republicans who
had control in both houses of Congress, took charge of Reconstruction.
Divided the South into 5 military districts and mandated state
constitutions allowing freedmen to vote. Used military force to
mandate.
