Duplicate of Civil War/Ch. 1 test-Voss

An act to remove a person from office

The issue of slavery is part of the drafting of the US Constitution. What decision was made regarding slavery?

A force separation, often by race

Union general who led 60,000 troops destroying a great deal of Georgia and South Carolina

Politicans wanting to impose harsh conditions on states that had seceded from the Union during the Civil War

A white Southerner who supported the Republican party after the Civil War was known as...

Law that divided a territory into 2 states, and allowing slaves or not.

President Johnson was impeached because

This US legislative body is made up of 100 members, 2 from each state.

In 1876 the President indicated Reconstruction was done. Why?

This plan for government, established November 15, 1777, set up a "firm league of friendship."

Racial violence increased in the South during Reconstruction. The fedarel government responded by

These laws restricted African American's rights and opportunities.

A court case which declared African Americans were not citizens and could not sue in court.

Several US Supreme Court rulings allowed southern states to chip away at the new rights of African Americans. How?

A reading and writing test used to prevent African - Americans from voting

Federal program that helped rebuild the damage caused by the Civil War

The main difference between Lincoln's and the Radical Republican's plan for Reconstruction was...

Poll Tax

Robert E. Lee

Agriculture in the south was dominated by which farming systems post Civil War?

Concept of premitting residence of a territory to decide on whether to allow slavery or not.

The Freedmen's Bureau and African American churches helped African Americans build new lives in the south by

Johnson's Reconstruction plan was opposed by both moderates and Radical Republicans in Congress. Why?

This speech was given by the President of the U.S. during the Civil War.

This was meant to allow California to join US as a free state while allowing other states to decide slavery by vote.

The federal government had to address these issues during Reconstruction.

Many people were in debt during the time of the "firm league of frienship" becaus of this reason.

What was the "Great Compromise"?

This guarantee in the Constitution states no one can be held in prison with charges being filed.

A system in which a farmer paid rent to a land owner for use of the land for crops.

This branch of government is charged with executing and enforcing laws, policies, and administration leadership.

Rising prices

African--American activist who advocated steps to create immediate legal. and social equality for blacks.

The term "national government" created outrage by many delegates during the creation of the US because

A plan for unity between the newly independent states now known as the US was submitted to this group.

Wrote the anti-slavery noval entitled, Uncle Tom's Cabin

Something unique about the US Constitution is

This Presidential decree freed all slaves in the confederate states.

This bloody battle was the last major confederate attempt to invade the north.

US Legislative body that consists of 435 law makers.

President of the US during the Civil War.

Organization that promotes hatred and discrimanation in the South

These laws were passed in the south to enforce segregation of the races in public places.

The name for Northerners who moved South after the Civil War.

A conflict in which a nation uses all of its resources to destroy enemy troops and their resouces

The "firm league of friendship" began to have some issues, such as...

A system in which a farmer tends to a portion of a planter's land in return for a portion of the crops.

This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.

Congress had little power during the "firm league of frienship" time because...

The Supreme Court who interprets the law

US President who wanted to restore political power to southern states if they swore allegiance to the North.

African-American activist dedicating to promoting education and economic advancement

This law established federal guarantees of civil rights for all citizens.

Reconstruction policies split the women's suffrage movement by....

Gov. Edmund Randolph submitted the Virginia Plan, which provided for this.

This amendment defended citizenship and guaranteed equal protection under the law.

What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers?

Booker T. Washington protested the mistreatment of African Americans by doing this.

Ulysses S. Grant

Southern politics changed during Reconstruction in what way(s)?

A law that banned discrimanation in public facilities and transportation

This amendment guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race.