The redeemers - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

SDC U.S. History study guide | Questions and answers 2023/24 Post Civil War/Reconstruction Era - 1860's to 1870's KKK - formed around time of Reconstruction. Purpose was to cause fear and terror and to control politics, targeted African Americans and eventually immigrants Redeemers - they were politicians that aimed to repair or "redeem" the South in the eyes of Congress, believed in White supremacy and Lost Cause Myth Compromise to 1877 - the election was very close, Tildo...

Place the events in the correct chronological order. 1. 2. 3. ● a. Following border disputes, Congress declared war on Mexico ● b. The United States formally annexed Texas. ● c. Thousands of people flocked to California in search of gold RATIONALE Sectional tensions over slavery increased as the nation expanded westward. This process began in earnest after Congress annexed Texas in 1845, and intensified after Congress declared war on Mexico in 1846. At the war's end, the U.S...

SDC Unit 1 Exam Questions with Correct Answers New South - Answer-After the Civil War, southerners promoted a new vision for a self-sufficient southern economy built on modern capitalist values, industrial growth, and improved transportation. Henry Grady played an important role. Ku Klux Klan - Answer-A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights. Redeemers - Answer-Largely former slave ow...

Andrew Johnson - He was from Tennessee, and as VP when Lincoln was killed, he became president. He opposed radical Republicans who passed Reconstruction Acts over his veto. The first U.S. president to be impeached, and he survived the Senate removal by only one vote. He was a very weak president. Presidential Reconstruction - In December 1863 Lincoln introduced the first Reconstruction scheme, the Ten Percent Plan, thus beginning the period known as Presidential Reconstruction. The plan de...

HIST 105 Bach Exam Q&A Redeemers - ANSWER A loose coalition of prewar Democrats, Confederate veterans, and Whigs who took over southern state governments in the 1870s, supposedly "redeeming" them from the corruption of Reconstruction. They shared a commitment to white supremacy and laissez-faire economics Vesey Conspiracy - ANSWER An unsuccessful 1822 plot to burn Charleston, South Carolina, and initiate a general slave revolt, led by a free African American, Denmark Vesey Undergr...

Lincoln's Reconstruction A plan that offered reinstatement for Southern states as long as 10% of the state swore allegiance to the Union. This was created in an attempt to create a moderate peace plan that wouldn't upset the South. Thirteenth Amendment Abolished slavery Freedmen's Bureau 1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom. It furnished food and clothing to needy blacks and helped them get jobs Presidential Reconstruction was the President's id...

UT high school US history final exam Latest (Graded A+) what best describes Europe from the fall of Rome to AD 1450 - Relatively small population Correct statement about the Native Americans prior to the arrival of the Europeans in 1492 - They had highly developed social institutions What were the European people called who explored and settled in present day eastern Canada before the arrival of Columbus - Vikings What best defines the relations among the various European explorers a...

James Edward Oglethorpe The leader of English Parliament who founded the Georgia colony, in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish controlled Florida. James Wright Georgia's third, and final, royal governor who fled the colony when the American Revolution began Nancy Morgan Hart one of the most patriotic women in Georgia, she worked as a spy; she disguised herself as a man and entered British camps trying to gain information; famous for holding six Bri...

What is Cahokia? city on a mound First explorer in Georgia? Hernando de Soto 1540 When did the Flag change in Georgia? 1956 When did the first people come to Georgia? 13,000 years ago What period did settlers first arrive to North America? Paleoindian Period Which did Jefferson NOT do? -Embargo -LA Purchase -Impeaching President Impeaching President Which was NOT a pastime in the antebellum? -Reading newspapers -Playing baseball -Going to the...

AMSCO APUSH - Chapter 15 Study Guide with Complete Solutions Civil Rights Act of 1866 - Answer️️ -This act declared that all African Americans were U.S. citizens and also attempted to provide a shield against the operation of the Southern states' Black Codes. (p. 295) 14th Amendment - Answer️️ -Ratified in 1868, this Constitutional amendment, declares that all persons born or naturalized in the United States were citizens, and it obligated the states to respect the rights of U.S....