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Define Reconstruction
rebuilding of the South after the Civil War,
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The members of Congress who wanted to punish the South were called the _____ ______.
The members of Congress who wanted to punish the South were called the radical republicans.
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_______ was the nickname for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction.
scalawag
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What were the two main provisions, or parts, of the Compromise of 1877?
Rutherford B. Hayes can be president if US troops are removed from the South.
(Neither R.B.Hayes or Samuel Tilden had enough electoral votes to automatically win the presidency. The troops had been in the South to protect African Americans from the KKK and to enforce reconstruction laws. Basically, the Republicans got their candidate Hayes, but removing the troops essentially ended any hopes for equal rights for African Americans in the South)
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Poll tax, the literacy test, and the Ku Klux Klan were all attempts to do what?
Take away 14th and 15th amendment rights for African Americans (by denying them full citizenship rights and voting)
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What did the 14th amendment do?
Citizenship for former slaves
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which amendment abolished slavery?
the 13th Amendment abolished slavery (except for prisons)
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What were the two major questions of Reconstruction?
How do southern states rejoin the union AND what do we do with former slaves?
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Why was Johnson impeached?
he fired an official who was protected under the "Tenure of office Act"
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Define sharecropping
Farmer could rent land from a landowner. They paid "rent" with a share of the crops they grew.
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The "Solid South" consistently supported which political party?
The "Solid South" consistently supported the Democratic Party.
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Radical Republicans didn't like Lincoln's plan because it said what?
The Union should be restored as quickly as possible AND amnesty (no punishment) should be given to Confederates who swear allegiance to the United States
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Who was elected after Andrew Johnson? (He was a Union General during the war)
Ulysses S. Grant
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What was the name of Lincoln's plan to reunite the country?
Ten-Percent Plan
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What was the outcome of Johnson's Senate hearing?
He was allowed to stay president by 1 vote in the Senate.
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define tenant farming
A farmer rents land from a landowner. They pay rent with money.
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The 14th amendment provides that no "state [shall] deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
What does this mean states cannot do?
States cannot take away people's rights (without due process of law) and states have to protect everyone's rights equally.
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Which newspaper headline would have appeared during the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War?
a. “Jim Crow Laws End”
b. “Former Slaves Made Citizens"
c. "Supreme Court Issues Dred Scott Decision”
d. “Emancipation Proclamation Issued”
“Former Slaves Made Citizens"
(This is the result of the 14th Amendment, passed during Reconstruction)
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What was the name of laws that denied legal rights to newly freed slaves
Black Codes
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What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau
Government organization set up to help freed slaves get an education, food, healthcare & the skills needed to start a new life
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Who was Lincoln's VP and President after Lincoln's assassination?
Andrew Johnson
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What was the 15th Amendment?
Voting could not be restricted by race (this gave voting rights to black men)
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Who were the two main candidates for election in 1876?
Samuel Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes
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A dispute between president and congress is an example of the _________ of ________. (How our gov. is divided into different branches)
separation of powers
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Which amendment formally abolished slavery?
The 13th Amendment
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What was the outcome of the election of 1876? What was the two part compromise?
Hayes can be president if troops are removed from the South
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What was the white supremacist terrorist organization that used violence and threats to stop African Americans from advancing in society.
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
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What was the first federal aid agency? (government agency set up to help people)
The Freedmen's Bureau
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Define carpetbagger
a Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War
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What does it mean to be impeached?
After a president is impeached by the House of Representatives, there is an investigation and trial in the Senate. The Senate will vote on whether or not to remove the president from office.
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Did Lincoln and Johnson want to punish the South or help the South rejoin the Union as quickly as possible?
Lincoln and Johnson wanted to help the South rejoin the Union as quickly as possible.
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Did winning the Civil War strengthen or weaken the power of the central government?
Winning the Civil War strengthened the power of the central government.
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The ________ period ended when Hayes became president and federal troops were removed from the South.
Reconstruction period ended
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Define democracy
government where the people vote (gov. by the people)