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Who takes over after Abraham Lincoln is assassinated?

Andrew Johnson

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Who were Radical Republicans?

Republicans who wanted the federal government to force change in the South

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What is the 13th amendment?

Outlawed slavery in the US

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How did the Ku Klux Klan show opposition towards African Americans?

By using fear and violence
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What are Jim Crow laws?

Laws that enforced segregation

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Who was the first African American man to become a Senator?

Hiram Revels
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What political party took control of both houses of Congress in the 1866 elections?

Republicans
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What is the 15th amendment?

Gave African American men the right to vote
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Why was Andrew Johnson impeached? Be specific

He illegally fired Edwin Stanton after Congress passed a law making it illegal to fire govt officials without Congressional approval

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How did Andrew Johnson respond to the Freedmen's Bureau Bill and why did he respond this way?

He veto's it because he thinks it gave the federal government too much power

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Who won the election of 1868?

Ulysses Grant

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What were the 2 main reasons why Grant's presidency was weakened?

Economic downturn, scandals

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What was Grant's presidential campaign slogan?

Let us have peace
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What is a poll tax, literacy test, and grandfather clause?

Poll tax - tax paid before voting

Literacy test - had to pass a reading or writing test to vote

Grandfather - you could only vote if your father/grandfather could vote before 1860

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What were Black Codes? Give 2 examples.

Laws that greatly limited freedoms of African Americans. Examples - work contracts, unfair arrests, unable to own guns or rent property, apprentice laws

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What is the Freedmen's Bureau and give 2 examples of things it did

It was created to help freedpeople and poor people in the South. Provided food, medical care, legal help, jobs, schools, education, African American universities
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What is the difference between the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and 1875

1866 - Gave African Americans the same legal rights as whites

1875 - Guarantees African Americans equal rights in public places

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What are the Enforcement Acts and why were they passed?

Made it a federal crime to interfere with elections or deny citizens equal protection of law, was passed in response to the KKK
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What are the 3 parts of the 10% plan?

1. Swear loyalty oath of US

2. Agree slavery was illegal

3. Once 10% of voters did this, a state could be readmitted

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Who were redeemers and what were their main 2 goals

Democrats who brought party back to power in the South. 

Reduce state gov't size and limit African American rights

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What is the definition for Reconstruction as it was given to you in class?

the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union, lasting from 1865-1877

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What are 3 examples of things new Reconstruction state governments did?

Policies to increase civil and voting rights for African Americans, state-funded public schools, laws prohibiting discrimination, recovery from war
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What happened during the Election of 1876 and why did it lead to the Compromise of 1877?

Hayes vs Tilden, Tilden wins popular vote but some electoral votes were disputed and given to Hayes so he won. This led to the compromise because Democrats agree to accept Hayes victory in return for federal troops to be removed from the South
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What were Reconstruction Acts? (3 things)

1. New constitution supporting 14th amendment

2. Give African American men the right to vote

3. South divided into 5 districts with military leader in charge

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What was Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan? (4 things)

1. Temporary governor

2. Revise state constitutions

3. Declare secession illegal

4. Ratify 13th amendment