History 106: Exam 1

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Proclimation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

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allowed southern states to form new governments if atleast 10 percent who voted in 1860 election swore an oath of allegiance to the union and accepted emancipation.

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Wade Davis bill

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passed by congress in july 1864, radicals wanted a slower readmission process that would exclude even more ex-confederates from political life so they made the bill that made one half of the voters swear alligence before they could choose to repeal sucession and abolish slavery. lincoln pocket vetoed it.

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iron clad oath

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swearing that he had never voluntarily supported the confederacy.

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Andrew Johnson

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foe of planter class, anti confederate, military governor of tennessee, self educated, jacksonian, supporter of emancipation but ideas differed from the radicals.

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Johnson Proclamation and Amesty

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Gave property back to southerners who took the oath.

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13th Admendment

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Freed all slaves

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Freed all confederate slaves

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14th admendment

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gave citizenship to all slaves and voided the dredv. scott decision and many other supreme court cases.

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15th admendment

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gave voting rights to slaves

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black codes

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ensure a landless, dependent black labor force in order to secure the services of the negros, teach them their place. economic restrictions.

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39th congress

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convened in december 1865 and refused to seat southern delegates and dismantled the black codes and to lock out conferates

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freedmans beareau

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provided relief, ration, protect their rights, medical care and built schools for former slaves

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reconstruction act of 1867

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congressed passed but johnson vetoed but congress overrode it. it invalidated the state governments formed under the lincoln and johnson plans.

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impeachment of johnson

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congress passed two laws to restrict johnson powers. he defined the tenure of office act so the house approved impeachment and he was aquitted.

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tenure of office act

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prohibited the president from removing civil officers without the senate consent. made by congress to protect secretary war edwin stanton.

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2nd law creadted by congress to restrict johnsons power

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banned johnson from issuing military otders except through Grant who could not be removed without congresss consent.

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critical precedents

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no president could be impeached based on political grounds nor would he be impeached because two-thirds of congress disagreed with him.

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literacy test

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used to deny blacks the right to vote. resticted blacks voting rights.

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minor v. happersett

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ruled that a state could deny women the right to vote.

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reconstruction laws of 1867-1868

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temporarly disfranchised 15 percent of potential white voters and enfranchised more than 700,00 freed slaves.

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carpetbaggers

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northerners who bought land from south and moved down their. called this because of the bag they held.

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scalawags

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white southerners who supported the republicans

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ku klux klan

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six young confederate soldiers veterans in tenessee formed a social club. tamatized blacks.

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three enforcement acts

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1st: protected black voters, 2nd: federal supervision of southern elections, 3rd;"ku klux klan act" authorized the use of federal troops and the suspension of haeas corpus

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southern homestead act

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set aside 44 million acres if land for freedmen

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grantism

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stood for fraud, bribery, and corruption in office

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alaska

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in 1867, johnson administration had purchased alaska from russia for 7.2 million

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transcontiental line

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completed in 1869, 400 railroads crossed each other.

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greenbacks

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a paper currency not backed by a specific weight in gold.

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slaughterhouse decision

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gutted the 14th.

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lincoln

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wants to keep slavery, wants to strangle south during war so they would lose.

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election of 1876

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hayes loses popular bvote but due to voting irregulaties in FL, SC .. he gets the presidency. dirty?

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homestead act

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gave land to citizens to run and maintain

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gilded age

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lasted from 1860-1900, U.SA economy grows 4% GDO a year

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economic depressions

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1873-1879, 1893-1897, are depression times. starvation, no jobs, no aid. caused violent labor strikes and riots.

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Industrail revolution

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lots of natural resources(coal, wood), high technoloogy, labor saving devicesm management, organizing, cut throat econimc competetion(rockerfeller)

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rockerfeller

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standard oild company, petrolum dude, owned 90% of it, perfected comeptition

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Handlar

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wrote the uprooted. ships diseas riden, america is not the angelic dream. old and new generation began to split.

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Bodar

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the transplanted. immigration was not bad and sad. good and came for opprotunitites. made business decisions.

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1888 election

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harrison. ohio voter paid to vote a certain way.

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populist party

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formed by NW and S farmers. concerned with other stuff beside the money supply like green backs. they were like the grange and provided. class over race.

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1893-1897

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depression which destorys clevelands presidency

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1896-1932

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republicans rule and are the dominate national party