Why did Congress refuse to readmit southern states into the Union when Andrew Johnson became President?
The representatives of the new governments had been leaders of the Confederacy.
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Describe President Lincoln's main vision for reconstruction.
President Lincoln wanted to reunite the nation as quickly and painlessly as possible.
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Why was the Ku Klux Klan formed?
Many white southerners were against civil rights and disapproved of African American's holding offices.
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Who won the presidential election of 1868? How?
Republican Ulysses S. Grant won the presidency with the help of African American votes.
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Describe the Compromise of 1877.
The Democrats agreed to accept Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange for the removal of federal troops from the South.
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How did President Johnson begin the process of Reconstruction?
President Johnson allowed elections of state and federal representatives.
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Describe the Ten Percent Plan.
This plan was proposed by President Lincoln to readmit southern states to the Union.
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How did the Ku Klux Klan develop power in the South?
Local governments did little to stop the Ku Klux Klan violence.
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True or False
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 limited the rights of African Americans. Why/Why not?
False
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How did the Freedman's Bureau gain more control?
Radical Republicans urged Congress to pass a new bill that would give the Freedman's Bureau more control.
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Who voted to remove President Johnson from office? Why?
The House of Representatives voted to remove President Johnson from office after he angered Congress by firing the secretary of war.
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY
True of False
After the Civil War many bankers and merchants went bankrupt and the southerner economy was badly damaged.
True
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Describe Jim Crow laws.
Jim Crow laws wanted enforced segregation, or the separation of whites from African Americans, in public places.
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True or False
The Black Codes increased northern and southern African Americans' rights and freedoms.
False
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Why did Congress propose the Fourteenth Amendment?
This amendment granted that the Civil Rights Act of 1866 would not be overturned.
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Who were 'carpetbaggers'?
Carpetbaggers were northern-born Republican office-holders who had moved to the South.
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Describe the Thirteenth Amendment.
The Thirteenth Amendment made slavery illegal throughout the United States.
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Describe the working life of a southern mill worker in the 1800s.
Employees were overworked and suffered from brown- lung disease and asthma.
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Who benefited from Congress passing the Fifteenth Amendment?
This amendment gave African American men voting rights in the United States.
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Who wanted the federal government to be more involved in giving economic and political justice to African Americans and poor southerners?
Thaddeus Stevens
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This gave relief to some poor southerners...
Freedman's Bureau
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Describe the outcome of the Plessy v. Ferguson case.
The United States decided that segregation was unconstitutional.
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Who was the first African American to hold a government position? What was the position?
Hiram Revels was the first African American to become a U.S. Senator.
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This industry provided jobs for many southern workers and gave them an alternative to farming...