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Vocab
100

This president came into office after Lincoln’s death and went against the radical republicans of the time. This led to an attempt at impeaching him which failed by one vote.


Andrew Johnson

100

This group believed that the South should be punished after the civil war ended

Radical Republicans

100

This court case introduced the idea of separate but equal as legal


Plessey v. Ferguson

100

These southern laws enforced segregation


Jim Crow Laws

100

These northerners migrated to the south to take advantage of the reconstruction benefits


Carpetbaggers

200

This former slave suggested that African-Americans accept segregation and instead focus on improving their economic situation


Booker T. Washington

200

This government program was created to help the newly freed black men by giving education, food, etc.

Freedmen's Bureau

200

This compromise ended reconstruction under certain stipulations


the compromise of 1877 

200

These acts tried to limit the actions of the KKK


Enforcement Acts

200

These southerners worked with the North to buy cheap land for northerners.


Scalawags

300

This radical republican believed in harsh punishments for the South

Thaddeus Stevens

300

This white supremacist group wanted to limit black power in society in a number of ways


KKK

300

This economic collapse was the result of excessive greenback printing and inflation


the Panic of 1873

300

This amendment provided citizenship for all (except Indians)


14th Amendment

300

This was a system in which a person could receive land and farming supplies in return for paying back the lender in crops. This job was often held by African-Americans.


Sharecropping

400

This Radical republican and abolitionist wanted to ensure that freedmen could vote


Charles Sumner

400

This African American journalist posted articles about lynching and encouraged blacks to protest against whites

Ida B. Wells

400

This idea by Booker T. Washington stated that African Americans should focus on improving their economic standings instead of fighting segregation


Atlanta Compromise

400

These laws created by Southern whites denied most rights to Blacks


Black Codes

400

This group wanted to return the South to pre-war conditions and take power away from blacks, carpetbaggers, etc.


Redeemers

500

This secretary of state was responsible for the purchase of Alaska from Russia

William Seward

500

This man created the treaty of Washington and settled conflicts with Britain and gave the US fishing rights to the St. Lawrence river


Hamilton Fish

500

What is my favorite color part 2?

Purple

500

This proposition suggested that 51% of people in the southern states must pledge allegiance to the Union in order to return to the US, however Lincoln rejected it


Wade-Davis Bill

500

This system was implemented by farmers and allowed them to pay back debts in crops


Crop-lien system

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