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24 Cards in this Set
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Election of 1876
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Hayes v. Tilden
FL, LA, and SC claim both have one Hayes wins by 1 vote Compromise of 1877 - lessens political power of blacks Reconstruction ends |
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Whiskey Ring Scandal
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Grant's personal secretary convincted in ring
Siphoned off millions of dollars in whiskey taxes Corruption of Republican Party |
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"Liberal Republicans"
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Opposed re-election of Grant
Candidate: Horace Greeley Uncommitted to Reconstruction |
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Former slaveowners' reaction to Radical Reconstruction
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Resulted in lynchings of many blacks
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Southern Homestead Act of 1866
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Created to break a cycle of debt during the Reconstruction
Land was too expensive Sharecropping and tenant farming had become ways of life. Land sold at low prices |
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School systems in the South after the Civil War
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FB opened up many schools for blacks
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Southern white Republicans after the Civil War
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Many harassed by KKK
Seen as only profit-gaining people |
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Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
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Carpetbaggers: Northerners who moved South to gain a profit
Scalawags: a Southern white who joined the Republican party in the South during Reconstruction |
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Women's Suffrage movement after the Civil War
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Engraged after 15th Amendment did not give women right to vote
National Woman Suffrage Association: led by Stanton and Anthony, opposed 15th Amendment American Woman Suffrage Association: oppostion to NWSA, led by Lucy Stone |
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Tenure of Office Act of 1867
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Denied Johnson the power to remove from office without Senate's approval
Part of Congressional Reconstruction Made to protect Republicans like Stanton, sec. of war. |
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Reconstruction Act of 1867
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Creation of five military districts in the seceded states
Required congressional approval for new state constitutions (which were required for Confederate states to rejoin the Union) Confederate states gave voting rights to all men. All states must ratify the 14th Amendment. |
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13, 14, 15th Amendments
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13th: outlawed slavery
14th: secured rights to former slaves 15th: gave blacks right to vote Reconstruction Amendments or Civil War Amendments |
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African-Americans' primary goal after the Civil War
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To adjust to society and secure a job
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Andrew Johnson's Restoration Plan
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Wanted to restore states quickly
Granted many pardons Made states take oath of loyalty |
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The Wade-Davis Bill
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Made states vote majority that they had never been loyal to the Confederates
Lincoln pocket-vetoed it |
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Lincoln's Restoration Plan in 1863
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State could be readmitted when 10% of its voters had taken an oath of allegiance to the U.S. and pledged to abide by emancipation.
States were able to write a new constitution, but in it had to abolish slavery forever |
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General William Tecumseh Sherman
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Served as a general in Union Army
Known for scorched-earth policy Fought in Vicksburg and Atlanta |
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Made Robert E. Lee surrender to the North
Elected president in 1868 Led Radical Reconstruction Took a hard line against KKK |
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British decision not to side with South
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After Antietam, the Brits decided not to officially support the South.
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Lee met the Union at Gettysburg, and both sides claimed a victory
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Emancipation Procamation
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Lincoln claimed all slaves were freed; it was only symbolic though. Slavery was already outlawed in the North and the South was not going to abide by the rules.
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Radical Republicans
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Radical Republicans supported a hard line on the South. They wanted to make it really difficult for the South to be readmitted to the Union.
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Contrabands
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Former slaves who were captured and fought for the Union
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Greenbacks
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As a result of the Legal Tender Act, the North cranked out greenbacks, which is paper money.
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