Ruggeri Quarterly 1

Front

what is the definition of impeach?

Back

to be accused of a crime while in office

Front

Who impeached Andrew Johnson and why?

Back

The House of Representatives/ Radical Republicans: he broke the Tenure of Office Act.

Front

what fraction of the House must vote in favor of an Impeachment?

Back

2/3

Front

Who lead the Radical Republicans?

Back

Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner

Front

Laws that separated and segregated whites and blacks

Back

jim crow laws

Front

What court case in 1896 ruled that segregation was legal if it was equal?

Back

Plessy vs. Ferguson

Front

What was it called when Blacks stayed on plantations to farm and pays with food from the harvest?

Back

sharecropping

Front

Northern Republicans that went to the South to profit from Reconstruction

Back

carpetbaggers

Front

Native Southerners preying on the defeated Confederate

Back

scalawags

Front

What action is taken to formally accuse an official of misconduct in office? Options: habeas corpus, pardon, censure, impeachment

Back

impeachment