HIST 173 Exam with Questions and Answers
Freedman's Bureau ANSWER • First federal agency dedicated to social welfare.
• By 1869, oversaw nearly 3,000 schools serving more
than 150,000 students
• Enforced civil rights and due process, facilitated the
reunion of families separated by sla...
HIST 173 Exam with Questions and
Answers
Freedman's Bureau ANSWER • First federal agency dedicated to social welfare.
• By 1869, oversaw nearly 3,000 schools serving more
than 150,000 students
• Enforced civil rights and due process, facilitated the
reunion of families separated by slavery, and
allocated basic necessities of food and shelter on
temporary basis
Presidential recunstruction ANSWER 1865
Southern states held conventions under provisional
governors appointed by Johnson to create new
governments
• State conventions required to abolish slavery,
renounce secession, and void all war debts
• Convention voting restricted to whites and elected
state legislatures enacted statues limiting freedom and
rights of blacks
• Johnson ordered all land in federal hands returned to
former owners
radical recunstruction ANSWER 1867-1877
Charles Sumner, R-MA Thaddeus Stevens, R-PA (Presidents)
, The Radical Republicans believed blacks were entitled to the same political rights and
opportunities as whites. They also believed that the Confederate leaders should be punished
for their roles in the Civil War
14th ammendement ANSWER • Provided for "equal protection of the law"
• Compromise: did not explicitly grant blacks the
right to vote. Said that state's representation in
Congress would be reduced if blacks barred from
voting
• Introduced the word "Male" into the constitution
• Every southern state except TN refused to ratify
union leagues ANSWER Began in the North during the Civil War to support the
Union and abolition
• Spread to the South during Radical Reconstruction
where they were used as forums for black political
education and voter registration
• Defended members rights before employers and local
governments
• Militias grew up alongside to Union Leagues to protect
black communities from white retaliation
15th ammendment ANSWER • Outlawed discrimination in voting on the basis of race
(not gender)
• Delinked race and citizenship in the Constitution, while
leaving gender boundary intact
• Changed the status quo in South AND North (in 1868,
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