HIST 2112 UGA Exam 1 Review |Latest Release| #1

HIST 2112 UGA Exam 1 Review |Latest Release| #1 America in 1865 *Ans* - 30 million people - 4 million are slaves - predominately rural in both north and south Proclamation of 1863 *Ans* "Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction" issued by Abraham Lincoln - would grant amnesty to Confederate officials - restored voters could elect members to US congress Requirements: - defeated states accept abolition of slavery - new governments could be formed when 10% of eligible voters swore oath of allegiance to US Freedmen's Bureau *Ans* Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands - created by Congress in 1865 - provided ex-slaves economic and legal resources - primary goal: obtaining land Andrew Johnson *Ans* - Vice president to Abraham Lincoln - Southern democrat chosen to attract border-state voters - Born into rural poverty, had no sympathy for southern aristocracy - Saw emancipation as a way to break down aristocracy, did not care about freedmen or their autonomy - Actively worked against Congressional Reconstruction - Impeached for violating Tenure of Office Act Radical Republicans/Reconstruction *Ans* - Congressional reconstruction - Anti-slavery party, wanted to punish the south - Believed that blacks were inferior to whites, but wanted the federal government to protect newly emancipated slaves - Advocated for suffrage and land distribution for freed slaves - Ultimately failed, most issues weren't solved Black Codes *Ans* Kept free slaves in a system as close to slavery as possible, made it nearly impossible to leave plantations, and ensured that white landowners still had cheap black labor even after the abolition of slavery - Prohibited blacks from bearing arms - Outlawed racial intermarriage