Studies Weekly Week 31

Abraham Lincoln...

• tried to find a middle ground by not punishing the Confederates as much and didn't give freedpeople all their rights

• wanted to bring the country back together quickly and proposed that 10% of voters take an Oath of Loyalty

• wanted to punish the South by taking away their land and making them pay for the war debt

• ended Reconstruction within one year of taking office in the Compromise of 1877

Andrew Johnson

• tried to find a middle ground by not punishing the Confederates as much and didn't give freedpeople all their rights

• wanted to bring the country back together quickly and proposed that 10% of voters take an Oath of Loyalty

• wanted to punish the South by taking away their land and making them pay for the war debt

• ended Reconstruction within one year of taking office in the Compromise of 1877

Congress...

• tried to find a middle ground by not punishing the Confederates as much and didn't give freedpeople all their rights

• wanted to bring the country back together quickly and proposed that 10% of voters take an Oath of Loyalty

• wanted to punish the South by taking away their land and making them pay for the war debt

• ended Reconstruction within one year of taking office in the Compromise of 1877

Rutherford Hayes...

• tried to find a middle ground by not punishing the Confederates as much and didn't give freedpeople all their rights

• wanted to bring the country back together quickly and proposed that 10% of voters take an Oath of Loyalty

• wanted to punish the South by taking away their land and making them pay for the war debt

• ended Reconstruction within one year of taking office in the Compromise of 1877

After the Compromise of 1877, many states and cities in the South began passing __________ laws

• stationary movement

• side and back

• separate but equal

These laws were also known as the _______________ Laws named after a fictional black character made famous by a white actor.

• Jim Crow

• Jim Carrey

• Jim Morrison

These laws meant that they would be kept apart from their white neighbors in train cars, bathrooms and even _________ and libraries.

• video arcades

• schools

• homes

Which of the following two sentences best explains what major issues the South still faced after the war?

• They still wanted to govern themselves.

• They wanted to free the slaves.

• They wanted to grow more crops.

• They wanted to continue to get cheap labor to work their farms and plantations.

Which of the following TWO sentences from the text best explains what “separate but equal” meant to the black population in 1896?

• All of the facilities for blacks and whites were separated but they were NOT all of the same quality.

• It meant they were kept apart from their white neighbors and had to use their own public bathrooms, restaurants and certain buildings.

• It meant they had to pay their own taxes.

• All facilities could be used no matter what your race was.

Which of the following is not a unique fact about Belva Lockwood?

• She was given her law degree by President Ulysses S. Grant.

• She was the first woman to be admitted to the Supreme Court bar.

• She was the first woman to earn a college degree.

• She was the first woman to run for President of the United States.