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21 Cards in this Set
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Period after the civil war |
Reconstruction |
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Laws that denied rights to African Americans |
Black codes |
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Northerners who travelled south after the war to profit from cheap land |
Carpetbagger |
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Political party supporting reconstruction policies |
Radical republicans |
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Goals of Abraham Lincoln: |
Abolish slavery Being equal rights to everyone |
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Goals of Johnson: |
Abolish slavery |
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Lincoln vs. Johnson: approaching the sluyh |
Lincoln- approach the south with sympathy and justice -only 10% of people had to take the oath
Johnson- harsh on rich whites |
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13th ammendment |
Abolished slavery |
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14th ammendment |
Anyone born in the U.S. Is a cotizen |
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15th ammendment |
You can't be denied the right to vote based on race |
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Why did freedmen move north and west after the civil war? |
It was dangerous in the south and there were better job opportunities in the north and west |
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Federal agency set up in 1865 to give food, schools, and medical care to African Americans |
Freed men's bureau |
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New way to work their land Freedmen rented land from southern planters |
Sharecropping |
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Discriminatory group formed in the 1860's to terrorize African Americans and prevent them from voting |
KKK |
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Laws that lead to the separation of different races |
Jim Crow Laws |
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Voting rules that limited the rights of African Americans |
Reading tests Poll tax Grandfather clause |
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Court case that said Jim Crow Laws are legal but the facilities have to be equal |
Plessy vs Ferguson |
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How did reconstruction end? |
Hayes became president by receiving the 20 disputed electoral votes but he had to agree to remove the troops from the south. The African Americans didn't have any protection so Jim Crow laws and the KKK became more prevalent |
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Lincoln and Johnson were in charge |
Presidential reconstruction |
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Johnson was impeached so radical republicans and congress were in charge |
Radical/ congressional reconstruction |
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To what extent did reconstruction bring African Americans closer to full citizenship? Describe 3 ways government tried to guarantee full citizenship Describe 3 ways the people tried to deny full citizenship |
Freed men's bureau: Gave them food, schools, and health care Amendments: Abolished slavery Made them citizens Gave them voting rights Military reconstruction: Gave them protection
KKK: Terrorized them and tried to take away their voting rights Poll tax/ reading tests: Prevented them from being able to vote Black codes: Limited their rights and freedoms |
