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What were some Black Codes?
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Vagrancy Laws- Freedmen convicted of vagrancy (not working) could be fined, whipped, or sold for a year's labor.
Curfew- Generally, black people could not gather after sunset. Labor Contracts- Freedmen had to sign agreements in January for a year of work. Those who quit in the middle of a contract often lost all wages they had earned. Land Restrictions- Freed people could rent land or homes only in rural areas. This restriction forced them to live on plantations. |
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What is a carpetbagger?
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A carpetbagger is a Northern republican that moved south after the civil war. They did so because they wanted to earn some money from southern misery.
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What is a scalawag?
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A white, southern, Republican. Some were former whigs who had opposed secession. Many were poor, but not all.
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Who was the first African American elected to the senate?
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Hiram Revels
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What were Black Codes?
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Laws that restricted Freedmen's rights
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What was the fourteenth amendment?
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The fourteenth amendment guaranteed equality for all people...life, liberty, and property.
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What are civil rights?
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Civil rights are the rights to which every citizen is entitled.
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How were Radical Republicans and Moderate Republicans similar in beliefs at this time? How did they differ?
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Similarities: They both opposed Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan, opposed the spread of black codes, and favored the expansion of republicans in the south.
Difference: The moderates were less enthusiastic when it came to the Radical's goal of granting African Americans civil rights |
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Andrew Johnson continued to oppose equal rights for African Americans. In the 1866 congressional elections, he gave speeches urging states not to ratify the fourteenth amendment. How did the angry northerners respond to this action?
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The northerners responded to this by putting Radical Republicans into Congress so they could come up with their own reconstruction plan and put it into action.
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Congress passed the reconstruction act of 1867, what were some of its key provisions?
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1. It put the south under military rule, dividing it into five districts, each governed by a different northern general.
2. It ordered southern states to hold new elections for delegates to create new state constitutions. 3. It required states to allow all qualified male voters, including African Americans, to vote in the elections. 4.It temporarily barred those who had supported the Confederacy from voting. 5. It required southern states to guarantee equal rights to all citizens. 6. It required the states to ratify the fourteenth amendment. |
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Who was the founder of the Republican Party and was a passionate abolitionist who sought voting rights for black Americans?
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Charles Sumner
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President Johnson faced this man, a Pennsylvania congressman with a stern face and a personality to match. He led the charge that threathened to bring down Johnson's presidency.
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Thaddeus Stevens
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Who was the secretary of war that President Johnson tried to fire, who was a Lincoln appointee? Johnson wanted him removed because, under the new Reconstruction Act, he would preside over military rule of the south.
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Edwin Stanton
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What was the tenure of office act of 1867?
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It placed limits on the President's power to fire and hire government officials. Under Constitution, the President must seek Senate approval for candidates to fill certain jobs, such as Cabinet posts. This act came into account when Johnson fired Edwin Stanton. The act also demanded that the Senate approve the firing of the officials as well.
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What does it mean to impeach a president?
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To charge him with wrongdoing in office.
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Thaddeus Stevens found that the President's firing of Edwin Stanton was what??
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Unconstitutional.
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Who was the first President of the US to be impeached?
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Andrew Johnson
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Who presided over the proceedings of Johnsons impeachment, which he was tried for high crimes and misdemeanors- because he violated the Tenure of Office act of 1867.
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Salmon P. Chase
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The historic vote to remove Johnson from office resulted in what outcome?
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Johnson escaped by the closest of margins-- one vote The crisis set the precedent that only the most serious crimes, and not merely a partisan dispute with Congress, could remove a President from office.
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Who won the 1868 election, after Johnson's term was over??
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Civil war general Ulysses S. Grant.
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WHat was the fifteenth amendment to the constitution?
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15th amendment stated that no citizen may be denied the right to vote on account of color, race, or previous condition of servitude.
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In Texas v. White, the Court ruled what?
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That it was illegal for any state to secede from the Union.
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In which two states did African Americans outnumber whites?
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Louisiana and South Carolina
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Who was the Governor of Louisiana in 1872?
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P.B.S. Pinchback
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