Chapter 17
Key Terms1. Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (10% Plan)
2. Thaddeus Stevens/Radical Republicans 3. Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Policy 4. Black Codes 5. Freedmen's Bureau 6. Sharecropping 7. 40 Acres and a Mule 8. 14th Amendment 9. Reconstruction Acts of 1867 10. Johnson's Impeachment 11. 15th Amendment/Blacks in Office 12. Credit Mobilier Scandal 13. Scalawags and Carpetbaggers 14 Ku Klux Klan 15. Mississippi Plan 16. Supreme Court in Reconstruction 17. Bargain of 1877 |
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***Long Essay Question Options
You may bring ONE 3x5 notecard on the day of the exam (handwritten or typed - single or double sided)
- (COMPARE) Historians often rank Abraham Lincoln as one of our nation's best presidents and Andrew Johnson as one of our nation's worst. To what extent were these presidents different? (options include: upbringing, reconstruction plans, charges of violating the constitution, views on race/freedmen, politicking)
- (CAUSATION) Explain the reasons Reconstruction failed to bring long lasting change to the American South (Racism, Corruption, Supreme Court, Economics, etc)
- (CCOT) Evaluate the extent of change in the lives of African Americans in the South during the period 1850-1877 (socially, politically, and/or economically)