Military Reconstruction and end of Reconstruction

• What was the Tenure of Office Act?

  A law forbidding the president from removing men from government roles without the senate's approval
• What was The Command of the Army Act?

  It meant that all orders to the army from President Johnson had to go through the army HQ
• Who was in command of the army in the South?

  General Grant
• What was the Military Reconstruction Act?

  Placed 10 former rebel states into five military districts under the charge of military governors
• What did the states reject prior to the Military Reconstruction Acts?

  14th Amendment
• Which state wasn't included in the MRA?

  Tennessee as it accepted the agreements of the 14th Amendment
• How many congressional proposals did Johnson veto in 1866?

  2
• Which bills did Johnson veto in 1866?

  Freedmen's Bureau bill and Civil Rights bill
• What percentage of Congress was needed to override a presidential veto?

  2/3
• When did the House of Representatives vote to impeach President Johnson?

  24th February 1868
• With how many votes did the impeachment of Johnson pass?

  126 votes to 47
• When was the Civil Rights Act passed?

  1875
• What did the CRA give?

  Equality of schools to all citizens regardless of race
• When was the Amnesty Act passed?

  1872
• How many ex-confederate generals were given the vote under the Amnesty Act?

  150,000
• When was the Freedman's Bureau set up?

  March 1865
• Who led the push for the Freedman's Bureau?

  General Oliver Howard
• What was the Freedman's Bureau designed to do?

  Provide freedmen and poor white Americans with food, clothes, fuel and medical care
• How did the Freedman's Bureau help with education?

  It set up 2 universities
• What shows resentment towards the actions of the Freedman's Bureau?

  It's 900 agents were subject to violence and intimidation
• When did the Freedman Bureau stop working?

  June 1872
• What does the closing of the Freedman Bureau show?

  A lack of Northern interest in 'Southern' issues
• Who were important members of Congress in terms of progress in Civil Rights?

  Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner
• What was issued by General Sherman?

  Special field Order No.15
• What did Sherman's order state?

  Freedmen on the coastal strip from South Carolina to Florida would be given 40 acre sections of land amounting to 400,000 acres total
• What did the 1866 law by Congress mean?

  44 million acres of land in 5 Confederate states was set aside for Freedmen
• What did Congress do in 1865?

  Refuse to allow representatives from former confederate states who did not have state governments to take their seat
• What was the Joint Committee?

  A Committee to decided whether or not a former confederate state was fit to join the union
• What was the punishment for stopping a black person from voting under the 1870 MRA?

  Included a $500 fine or jail time
• What act was passed just after the 13th Amendment?

  The 1866 Southern Homestead Act
• What happened to the 1866 Homestead Act?

  It was vetoed by President Johnson and amnesties were granted to ex-confederate leaders
• How much of the 44 million acres was properly assigned by 1877?

  Only a small portion of it
• What did the 1866 Civil Rights Act mean?

  All persons born in the US should have the rights of citizens
• What rights did the 1866 Civil Rights Act call for?

  Equal benefits of the law and equal penalties for breaking laws
• When was the First Reconstruction Act?

  March 1867
• What did the First Reconstruction Act state?

  All male citizens over 21 could vote
• When was Grant elected President?

  1868
• What did Grant have a role in?

  He was significant in the passing of the 15th Amendment
• What was Johnson's stance on Reconstruction?

  He supported readmittance of ex-confederate states on lenient terms
• What did the 1867 Military Reconstruction Act also do?

  It barred Southern states from sending representatives to the Senate unless they ratified the 14th ammendment