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Hist 17B - Quiz 1 Questions And Answers
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- HIST 17B
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Hist 17B - Quiz 1 Questions And Answers
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Q&AHist 17B - Quiz 1 Questions And Answers
What was the condition of the South following the civil war - Answers
Socially, the Civil War emancipated the blacks which gave them a sense of
freedom but there was still racial discrimination, and most of them were
poor. After it all it ended being mostly the same that the 1% rich
landowners controlled everything.
Economically, the Civil War devastated the South. They used up all their
resources fighting in the war. Many many people went into debt. The crop-
lien system was started which kept people in even more debt. Beside the
1% landowners and merchants most people were poor and in debt.
Did Lincoln want to restore the union quickly or punish the South -
Answers Theoretically, according to Lincoln the states never actually
had the right to secede and therefore had never really left the union, and
there should be no process to re-enter.
Constitutionally, up until this point the Federal Government had no right to
command the states in the way that it did
Lincoln wanted to readmit the South as quickly and painlessly as possible
so that the Southerners would not be completely turned against the
Republicans when they entered, and there would be less resentment in
general. His plan was that once 10% of a state pledge their loyalty to the
union and ratify the 13th amendment then that state could reenter, and the
10% could set up a government
Congress was outraged and they tried to work against Lincoln by not
allowing the states that agreed to Lincoln's plan a seat in Congress. They
proposed their own Wade-Davis bill- the bill made re-admittance to the
Union for former Confederate states contingent on a majority in each
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Southern state to take the Ironclad oath to the effect they had never in the
past supported the Confederacy.
What was the 10% plan - Answers Lincoln's reconstruction plan
which would allow a southern state to reenter the union if only 10% of the
voters in that state pledged allegiance to the union.
Which of the reconstruction amendments abolished slavery - Answers
thirteenth amendment
ends slavery
This amendment freed all slaves without compensation to the slave-
owners. It legally forbade slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment - Answers ends slavery
This amendment freed all slaves without compensation to the slave-
owners. It legally forbade slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment - Answers "Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted, shall exist within the U.S. or any place subject to their
jurisdiction," Congress completely and finally abolished slavery. The
Amendment was approved in December of 1865 with a two-thirds vote in
Congress, and went in effect fully when three-fourths of the states ratified it.
14th Amendment - part 1 - Answers all people are guaranteed equal
protection
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14th Amendment - part 2 - Answers states have to treat people fairly
fourteenth amendment - Answers Who: Congress
What: all persons born in the USA are citizens, states could not deny
equality based on race before the law
When: 1866
Where: USA
Why: representation compromise, allow black men to vote or suffer loss of
power in Congress
14th Amendment - Answers All persons born or naturalized in the
United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens
of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty,
or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
15th Amendment - Answers gave black men the right to vote
Ratified 1870. One of the "Reconstruction Amendments". Provided that no
government in the United States shall prevent a citizen from voting based
on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
15th Amendment - Answers granted African American men the right
to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on
account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Although ratified
on February 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th Amendment would not be
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