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Presidential Reconstruction
Congressional Reconstruction
Southern
Reconstruction
The End Of Reconstruction
Reconstruction
Reserved
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What Did The Reconstruction Mean To The Republicans In Congress?
It Meant Nothing Less Than A Remaking Of The South Based On Equal Rights And Free-Labor Economy.
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what year was the reconstruction era over.
the year 1865
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What fraction of the newly elected delegates were African American
One fourth
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When Did The Enforcement Acts Take Place?
1870-1871
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Many Southern States Passed A Law Requiring Citizens Who Wanted To Vote To Pay ______?
poll tax
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What was the year President Johnson announced his Reconstruction plan.
May of 1865
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What Were The Two Acts Passed To Reduce Johnson's Power To Interfere With Congressional Reconstruction?
It Limited His Power To The Army The Tenure of Office Act barred him from firing certain federal officials without the Senate’s consent.
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What fraction of the new office holders were African American?
One fifth
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What Were The Three States In The South The Democrats Regained Control Over Of?
South Carolina, Louisiana, and Florida
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What happened during 1880 and 1890?
Factories and textile mills were built?
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Who Wrote The Black Codes? Why Did They Make The Black Codes?
Wealthy White Planters Wrote The Black Codes. They Wrote The Black Codes To Control Their Former Slaves.
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What did the fourteenth amendment do for African Americans?
This amendment granted citizenship to “all people born or naturalized in the United States.”
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What did the fifteenth Amendment do?
This amendment said that a citizen’s right to vote “shall not be denied . . . on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” It guaranteed every male citizen the right to vote, regardless of race.
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In 1876 Who Did The Democrats Nominate?
They Nominated New York Governor Samuel J.
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What did the governor of Virginia say about public schools?
“Free schools are not a necessity,are a luxury . . . to be paid for, like any other luxury, by the people who wish their benefits.”
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What purposes did the black codes serve?
The first was to limit the rights of freedmen.The second purpose of the black codes was to help planters find workers to replace their slaves.The third purpose of the black codes was to keep freedmen at the bottom of the social order in the South.
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A group of Republicans in Congress did not agree with Johnson's claim that the reconstruction era was over. What was this groups name?
The Radical Republicans
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What group of people made up the biggest group of new voters in 1968.
African Americans
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When Was Reconstruction Finally Over?
1877
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What were Andrew Johnson two major aims.
1.Southern states had to create new governments that were loyal to the Union and that respected federal authority. 2.Second slavery had to be abolished once and for all.
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How many Republicans and how many Democrats voted for president Johnson not to be guilty?
7 Republicans and 12 Democrats voted “not guilty.”
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Under what act did the U.S army return to the south in 1867
The Military Reconstruction Act
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What Does Amnesty mean? What Did The Amnesty Act Do?
Amnesty Means Forgiveness For Passed Offenses. The Act Allowed Most Former Confederates To Vote Once Again.