1. When did Congress decide to send soldiers South to guarantee freedom to former slaves? 2. How long were U.S. soldiers stationed in the South? 3. Who were “carpetbaggers”? How/why did they earn this title? Was this title deserved? Why/why not? 4. Who were “scalawags”? 5. What was the Purpose of the Reconstruction Act of 1867? 6. What percentage of the Southern white population was illiterate? 7. True/False: Following the enfranchisement of former slaves, many blacks and some poor whites were elected to public office at the national, state, and local levels as well as served on juries, school boards, and city councils. 8. Identify the three “pillars” of the Democratic Party. 9. Who was elected to Jefferson Davis’s old seat in the U.S. Senate? What was significant about his election to Davis’s seat? 10. What was Blanche Bruce known for during his time in the U.S. Senate? 11. List all the states where white supremacy was re‐established after the Civil War. 12. Approximately how many blacks: A. Served in the U.S. Congress during Reconstruction? B. Were elected to state legislatures during Reconstruction? C. Held local offices (e.g. sheriff, justice of the peace, etc.) during Reconstruction? 13. What Shakespearian villain was Andrew Johnson portrayed as in political cartoons? Why was such a comparison made? 14. True/False: During Reconstruction, Georgia’s capital was moved from Milledgeville to Atlanta. 15. What city was self‐described as the “New South”? 16. Why was Atlanta formerly known as “Terminus”? 17. “Who” did Thaddeus Stevens identify as the United States? 18. True/False: Thaddeus Stevens’s iron foundry was destroyed by Lee’s troops at the battle of Gettysburg. 19. Why did Thaddeus Stevens refuse to sign the Pennsylvania State Constitution in 1838? 20. What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau Act of 1866? 21. Circle the labels that best described Thaddeus Stevens (circle all that apply). Abolitionist elitist Catholic Baptist wealthy civil rights activist Radical Republican states’ rights advocate 22. According to Thaddeus Stevens, what conditions were necessary before Southern States should be admitted back into the Union? 23. In what way(s) did the Tenure of Office Act of 1867 mark an attempt by Congress to undermine Andrew Johnson’s authority? 24. Andrew Johnson called Thaddeus Stevens a __________________ and said he should be _______________, while Stevens said the President should be _______________________. 25. List one of Johnson’s so‐called impeachable offenses: 26. How long did the U.S. House of Representatives debate of Johnson’s impeachment last? 27. How many U.S. Senators stated in advance how they would vote in Johnson’s trial? Of those, how man planned to convict Johnson? 28. What made Edmund G. Ross of Kansas the key vote during Johnson’s trial in the Senate? Why didn’t Ross declare in advance how he would vote? 29. What was the final Senate vote following Johnson’s trial in the U.S. Senate? 30. Why was Ross’s vote considered a courageous act? 31. In what way(s) can Johnson be described as “two‐faced” or duplicitous when it came to the issue of civil rights and racial equality?