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11 Cards in this Set
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Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan |
Grant pardon for everyone who takes oath of future allegiance. When a state has 10% of voters take an oath, the state can reapply for admission. No protection for free slaves, other than basic citizenship. |
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Wade-Davis bill |
50% of each state needed to make an oath. Voters could not have supported Confederacy. Some protection for African Americans, no right to vote. Vetoed by Lincoln. |
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Johnson's break with Congress |
Freedman's Bureau coming to an end, Johnson vetoes bill to extend its life. |
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14th Amendment |
Grants citizenship to everyone in U.S. Due Process clause. Equal Protection clause. |
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1866 Election |
Republicans gain 2/3s majority. Radicals gain more influence. |
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Reconstruction in 1867 |
Southern States divided into 5 military districts. States would be quickly readmitted if they gave Africans Americans the right to vote. Confederate leaders denied the right to set up governments. |
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Impeachment Crisis of 1868
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Johnson violates laws set up to limit president's authority. Impeached by House. Johnson's opposition to reconstruction neutralized. Impression given that Congress is acting out of control. |
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Southern economy after war |
Internal Improvements ruined. No capital rebuilding. No labor system to rebuild slavery. Large number dead or injured. |
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Southern Republicans |
Newly enfranchised blacks. Businessmen. Poor farmers. |
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Reconstruction overthrown in South |
Open violence used to discourage Republican voting. "Redeemer" Democrats appealed to white supremacy and hostility towards government's use of money. Decline in Fed's use of force. |
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Rutherford B. Hayes |
Winner of 1876 election. |
