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14 Cards in this Set
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What must a state do to come back into the country under ABRAHAM LINCOLN's plan
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-10% of population must take a loyalty oath
-must accept the 13th amendment -Must provide public education for everyone |
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What was not included in ABRAHAM LINCOLN's plan
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-The south will not be significantly punished
-No guarantee of political or social equality for former slaves -No significant economic aid program |
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What must a state do to come back into the country under the "RADICAL" REPUBLICAN's plan
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-State will be ruled by the military until 50% of its population takes a loyalty oath
-Confederate officials can not be elected to office -Political & social rights of former slaves must be guaranteed -Public education must be provided |
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What was not included in the "RADICAL" REPUBLICAN's plan
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-No significant economic aid programs
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Describe ANDREW JOHNSON's plan for reconstruction
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-10% of population must take a loyalty oath
-Confederate officials & people with property worth over 20,000$ are barred from office (but can appeal to the president for a pardon) -No guarantee of political & social rights for former slaves |
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What achievements in CONGRESS did the radical republicans achieve while in power
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-14th amendment (citizenship rights)
-15th amendment (rights to vote) -Several pieces of civil rights legislation -Freedman's bureau (a traveling court system) |
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What achievements in SOUTHERN STATE GOV'Ts did the radical republicans achieve while in power
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-Large number of former slaves participated in gov't
-First southern public school -Attract some business investment |
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What type of failures did the radical republicans have while in power
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-Have difficulty enforcing laws
-Allow segregation -No land reform or other economic resources provided |
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What are the reasons for the decline of the radical republicans
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-White southerners begin participating in politics once again and vote democrat
-Political terrorism (KKK) -Political corruption at the national & state level -Depression of 1873 -Lack of northern support for racial equality and for continued military occupation of the south (people want to "move on") |
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What happens during the election of 1876?
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-All remaining troops are taken out of the south
-The north ''leaves the south alone'' |
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What type of changes benefited african americans in the south?
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-Freedom of movement
-Political participation (for a while) -Educational opportunities -Families are no longer separated -Do not have to work quite as hard |
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What issues did african americans in the south face?
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Economic problems
-Sharecropping -Cannot get out of debt Segregation |
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How was reconstruction successful?
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-Put union back together
-Avoided any future civil wards |
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In what ways did reconstruction fail?
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-Limited success in rebuilding the south economy
-Did not bring about racial equality or effectively help former slaves transition to their new lives |
