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15 amendment |
Gave voting rights to African Americans |
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Wade Davis bill |
Made congress responsible for reconstruction. Was pocket vetoed by Lincoln 10 |
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10% plan/ proclamation of amnesty or reconstruction |
Lincoln Called for ten percent reconstruction. Must pledge 10 percent allegiance. |
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Thomas Nast |
Was a cartoonist who represented the democracy |
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Carpetbaggers |
Northerners who moved south after war. |
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Tenant farming |
Could rent the land for cash and keep the whole thing |
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2/3 majority |
Can override veto in congress |
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Scalawags |
White southerners who joined the Republican Party |
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Freedmen |
Former slaves who are now free |
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Black codes |
Restricted African Americans to their civil rights |
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14th amendment |
Makes African American full citizens |
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Johnson's plan |
Linnet. Was just like Lincoln's plan. |
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Freeman's bureau |
Help former slaves and poor whites. Medical care, education, social services. |
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1st African American senator |
Hiram reveals |
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Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumpters |
Led radical republicans and represented them. |
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Radical republicans |
They wanted slave rights. We're strong republicans |
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Tenure of office act |
Stated that the president couldn't fire cabinet members |
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Share cropping |
Workers were given land, seeds and tools in exchange for "share" of crop |
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Andrew Johnson |
Lincoln's successor |
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13th amendment |
Abolished slavery |
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Civil rights act 1866 |
Gave African Americans citizen ship and forbade states from passing discrimination laws. |
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What does Johnson veto |
Civil rights act and freedman beuru |
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Reconstruction act of 1867 |
Divides south into military district. Jonson believes it is unconstitutional so he veto's it. |
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Impeach |
To formally dismiss a president. |
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What does the south use to prevent blacks from voting |
Violence |
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What did further economic problems lead to? |
Anger towards African Americans |
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What happen to the price of Cotten? |
Plummeted |
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General Sherman promised what? |
40 acres and army mule. |
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Ku klux klan (KKK) |
Confederate veterans that formed a group of terrorist. |
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Ku klux klan (KKK) |
Confederate veterans that formed a group of terrorist. |
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KKK |
Wanted to restore white supremacy; grew rapidly |
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KKK |
wanted to force republican republican state groups out of power |
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KKK |
wanted to force republican republican state groups out of power |
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1870, 1871 enforcement act |
Passed to curtail klan democrats |
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KKK |
wanted to force republican republican state groups out of power |
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1870, 1871 enforcement act |
Passed to curtail klan democrats |
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Klan violence |
This is What decreased in the south because of WHITE SUPREMACY |
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KKK |
wanted to force republican republican state groups out of power |
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1870, 1871 enforcement act |
Passed to curtail klan democrats |
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Klan violence |
This is What decreased in the south because of WHITE SUPREMACY |
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1872 amnesty act |
Returns voting rights to many former confederates |
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KKK |
wanted to force republican republican state groups out of power |
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1870, 1871 enforcement act |
Passed to curtail klan democrats |
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Klan violence |
This is What decreased in the south because of WHITE SUPREMACY |
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1872 amnesty act |
Returns voting rights to many former confederates |
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Freedmen's bureau |
Congress allows what to expire in 1872 |
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KKK |
wanted to force republican republican state groups out of power |
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1870, 1871 enforcement act |
Passed to curtail klan democrats |
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Klan violence |
This is What decreased in the south because of WHITE SUPREMACY |
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1872 amnesty act |
Returns voting rights to many former confederates |
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Freedmen's bureau |
Congress allows what to expire in 1872 |
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Horace Greeley |
The 1872 nominee for the democrats and liberal Republican Party. |
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KKK |
wanted to force republican republican state groups out of power |
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1870, 1871 enforcement act |
Passed to curtail klan democrats |
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Klan violence |
This is What decreased in the south because of WHITE SUPREMACY |
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1872 amnesty act |
Returns voting rights to many former confederates |
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Freedmen's bureau |
Congress allows what to expire in 1872 |
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Horace Greeley |
The 1872 nominee for the democrats and liberal Republican Party. |
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Grant |
Wins by wide margin in the 1872 election against Greeley. |
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KKK |
wanted to force republican republican state groups out of power |
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1870, 1871 enforcement act |
Passed to curtail klan democrats |
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Klan violence |
This is What decreased in the south because of WHITE SUPREMACY |
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1872 amnesty act |
Returns voting rights to many former confederates |
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Freedmen's bureau |
Congress allows what to expire in 1872 |
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Horace Greeley |
The 1872 nominee for the democrats and liberal Republican Party. |
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Grant |
Wins by wide margin in the 1872 election against Greeley. |
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Liberal republicans |
What weakens radicals and makes reconstruction difficult. |
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KKK |
wanted to force republican republican state groups out of power |
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1870, 1871 enforcement act |
Passed to curtail klan democrats |
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Klan violence |
This is What decreased in the south because of WHITE SUPREMACY |
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1872 amnesty act |
Returns voting rights to many former confederates |
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Freedmen's bureau |
Congress allows what to expire in 1872 |
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Horace Greeley |
The 1872 nominee for the democrats and liberal Republican Party. |
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Grant |
Wins by wide margin in the 1872 election against Greeley. |
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Liberal republicans |
What weakens radicals and makes reconstruction difficult. |
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Excessive debt |
Period over expansion after civil war. This leads to what. |
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KKK |
wanted to force republican republican state groups out of power |
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1870, 1871 enforcement act |
Passed to curtail klan democrats |
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Klan violence |
This is What decreased in the south because of WHITE SUPREMACY |
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1872 amnesty act |
Returns voting rights to many former confederates |
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Freedmen's bureau |
Congress allows what to expire in 1872 |
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Horace Greeley |
The 1872 nominee for the democrats and liberal Republican Party. |
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Grant |
Wins by wide margin in the 1872 election against Greeley. |
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Liberal republicans |
What weakens radicals and makes reconstruction difficult. |
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Excessive debt |
Period over expansion after civil war. This leads to what. |
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Panic |
What triggers the five year economic depression |
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KKK |
wanted to force republican republican state groups out of power |
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Gold standard |
What do financial experts want to return to. |
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1870, 1871 enforcement act |
Passed to curtail klan democrats |
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Klan violence |
This is What decreased in the south because of WHITE SUPREMACY |
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1872 amnesty act |
Returns voting rights to many former confederates |
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Freedmen's bureau |
Congress allows what to expire in 1872 |
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Horace Greeley |
The 1872 nominee for the democrats and liberal Republican Party. |
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Grant |
Wins by wide margin in the 1872 election against Greeley. |
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Liberal republicans |
What weakens radicals and makes reconstruction difficult. |
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Excessive debt |
Period over expansion after civil war. This leads to what. |
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Panic |
What triggers the five year economic depression |
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KKK |
wanted to force republican republican state groups out of power |
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Gold standard |
What do financial experts want to return to. |
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Greenbacks |
South, west wants more "blank" to repay debts |
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1870, 1871 enforcement act |
Passed to curtail klan democrats |
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Klan violence |
This is What decreased in the south because of WHITE SUPREMACY |
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1872 amnesty act |
Returns voting rights to many former confederates |
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Freedmen's bureau |
Congress allows what to expire in 1872 |
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Horace Greeley |
The 1872 nominee for the democrats and liberal Republican Party. |
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Grant |
Wins by wide margin in the 1872 election against Greeley. |
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Liberal republicans |
What weakens radicals and makes reconstruction difficult. |
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Excessive debt |
Period over expansion after civil war. This leads to what. |
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Panic |
What triggers the five year economic depression |
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1875 specie resumption act |
Puts country back on the gold standard. |
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1875 specie resumption act |
Puts country back on the gold standard. |
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1870's supremacy Cory decision. |
What divisions undermine the 14, and 15 amendment. |
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1875 specie resumption act |
Puts country back on the gold standard. |
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1870's supremacy Cory decision. |
What divisions undermine the 14, and 15 amendment. |
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African American rights |
What does the federal government lose power over during the supremacy court decisions |
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1875 specie resumption act |
Puts country back on the gold standard. |
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1870's supremacy Cory decision. |
What divisions undermine the 14, and 15 amendment. |
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African American rights |
What does the federal government lose power over during the supremacy court decisions |
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Redemption |
Return of democrats to power in the south, 1869-1875. |
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1875 specie resumption act |
Puts country back on the gold standard. |
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1870's supremacy Cory decision. |
What divisions undermine the 14, and 15 amendment. |
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African American rights |
What does the federal government lose power over during the supremacy court decisions |
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Redemption |
Return of democrats to power in the south, 1869-1875. |
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Govner Rutherford B. Hayes |
Gets picked for the republican nominee over grant. |
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1875 specie resumption act |
Puts country back on the gold standard. |
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1870's supremacy Cory decision. |
What divisions undermine the 14, and 15 amendment. |
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African American rights |
What does the federal government lose power over during the supremacy court decisions |
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Redemption |
Return of democrats to power in the south, 1869-1875. |
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Govner Rutherford B. Hayes |
Gets picked for the republican nominee over grant. |
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Samuel J. Tilden |
Democrats nominee for the 1876 election. |
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1875 specie resumption act |
Puts country back on the gold standard. |
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1870's supremacy Cory decision. |
What divisions undermine the 14, and 15 amendment. |
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African American rights |
What does the federal government lose power over during the supremacy court decisions |
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Redemption |
Return of democrats to power in the south, 1869-1875. |
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Govner Rutherford B. Hayes |
Gets picked for the republican nominee over grant. |
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Samuel J. Tilden |
Democrats nominee for the 1876 election. |
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Samuel J. Tilden |
Who won the popular vote in 1876, but lost the election by 1 shy electoral. |
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1875 specie resumption act |
Puts country back on the gold standard. |
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1870's supremacy Cory decision. |
What divisions undermine the 14, and 15 amendment. |
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African American rights |
What does the federal government lose power over during the supremacy court decisions |
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Redemption |
Return of democrats to power in the south, 1869-1875. |
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Govner Rutherford B. Hayes |
Gets picked for the republican nominee over grant. |
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Samuel J. Tilden |
Democrats nominee for the 1876 election. |
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Samuel J. Tilden |
Who won the popular vote in 1876, but lost the election by 1 shy electoral. |
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Compromise of 1877 |
Hay gets presidency, but the democrats get funding tail roads water ways. Federal troops leave Louisiana, South Carolina. Conservative southerner in cabinet. |
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End of reconstruction |
What does the compromise of 1877 mean |
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End of reconstruction |
What does the compromise of 1877 mean |
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Hay removes federal troops |
Democrats take over states after what |
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End of reconstruction |
What does the compromise of 1877 mean |
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Hay removes federal troops |
Democrats take over states after what |
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Home rule |
Running state government without federal intervention |
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Legacy of reconstruction |
. Republicans fail to protect right they gave to former slaves . Unwillingness to distribute land blocks economic independence . Amendments abolish slavery, give basis for civil rights legislation |