True or False Andrew Johnson proposed the Reconstruction Act of 1867
false
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What is the Compromise of 1877
AA deal made between Democrats and Republicans that stated Hayes would win the presidential election and that federal troops would be removed from the southern states and the building of new levees among the Mississippi
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What is the name for rules that were used to try and control the lives of former slaves?
What is Black Codes?
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What is Reconstruction?
Rebuilding of the south and its reunification with the north
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How did Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan get its name?
10% of the states population had to swear allegiance to the Union, to create a new constitution which needed to ratify the 13th Amendment.
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Define Radical Republicans
A group of Congressman from the Republican Party who believed that the war had been fought over the moral issue of slavery, and insisted the main goal of Reconstruction should be a total restructuring of society to guarantee blacks true equality.
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What was the 13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery
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What happened as Reconstruction came to a close?
White southerners began to gain power again. Redeemers suppressed blacks rights. In politics worked towards compromise to get what they wanted, led to the Compromise of 1877.
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What did Johnson's Reconstruction Plan call for?
Offered pardons and land grants to almost any Confederate who swore allegiance to Union and constitution. Resented wealthy planters, they personally had to apply for pardons. Did NOT want African Americans to have the right to vote.
What did Johnson's Reconstruction Plan call for?
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What is Freedman's Bureau
Created by Congress in 1865, the first major federal relief agency in the United States
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What was the 14th Amendment
gave citizenship to all people born in the United States. It also made it illegal to treat people unfairly because of the color of their skin. It gave everyone equal protection under the law.
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Hayes was elected President, in return federal troops were withdrawn from the South, a southerner was appointed to a powerful cabinet position, southern states were guaranteed federal subsidies to build railroads and improve their ports.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
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Name 2 differences between Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan and the Radical Republicans Reconstruction Plan
Lincoln's plan wanted only 10% of population to swear loyalty, Radical Republicans wanted majority of states population to swear loyalty. Wanted African American guaranteed equality.
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What is a Carpetbagger
Northern Republicans who moved to the postwar South
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What was the 15th amendment?
No citizen could be denied the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition.
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Who had more power towards the end of Reconstruction, states or the national government?
States. When Radical Republicans ended most Congressmen concluded it would be best to let the south attend to its own affairs than to leave a whole region under control of federal military power and federal political control.
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What was the difference between Johnson and Lincoln's Reconstruction Plans?
Lincoln's plan offered that if a state constitution abolished slavery and provided education fir African Americans, the state would gain representation. Johnson did not want to give African American's the right to vote. Lincoln's plan also offered southern planters compensation for land loss.
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What is a pocket veto?
A type of veto a chief executive may use after a legislature has adjourned; it is applied when the Chief Executive does not formally sign or reject a bill within a certain time period.
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Sum up the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
13th=abolished slavery
14th=citizen if born in the United States, equal protection under the law.
15th= no citizen denied the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition.
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What is 4 effects of Reconstruction
1) Union is restored
2) African Americans gained citizenship and voting rights
3) Southern economy and infrastructure improved
4) South starts a public school system
5) KKK terrorize African Americans.
6) Share Cropping system takes hold in the South