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This president tried to veto several Reconstruction bills.
Andrew Johnson
not being able to pay the money you owe
bankrupt
Southerners who worked with Northerners were called what?
Scalawags
A Bill is written.
What step is this in the process of a bill becoming law?
Step 1
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
murdering someone of political importance
assassinate
How did Johnson treat the Southerners?
He pardoned almost all of the Confederate leaders.
After the bill is written, what happens next?
Both houses of Congress vote on it.
Who drew pictures making fun of corrupt people?
Thomas Nast
Dishonesty, especially in government
Corruption
According to the Civil Rights Bill, who was free from unjust southern laws?
Freedmen
Congress approved the bill! Now what happens?
It goes to the president.
Who was the first black American to be president of an American college?
Daniel Payne
A group of people who live and work together and have similar cultures and beliefs
society
Powerful organization that was supposed to help anyone who lost his home during the Civil War was called what?
Freedman's Bureau
What can the president do with the bill?
2 parts
He can sign it into law or he can veto it.
Who wrote a report on Reconstruction in the South?
The making of things or providing services for the purpose of making money
industry
System of growing crops in which farmers give a portion of their crops to the landowner
sharecropping
If so, how?
If not, why?
Yes!
They can with a two-thirds vote.