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25 Cards in this Set
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defines citizenship rights
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14th amend
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after the war, this political group was founded by A-A
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Union League
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a system of farming that led to a constant cycle of debt
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sharecropping
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(this settled the dispute over the 1876 election) Democrats and Republicans agreed accepting Hayes as President
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Compromise 1877
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a white southern who joins the Rep. party is known as a
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Scalawag
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(the scandal that involved the V.P.) where the construction co. skimmed off large profits from the Govt. railroad contract
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Credit Mobilier
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___had the most lenient plan for Reconstruction
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Abe Lincoln
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laws passed in the Southern states to restrict the rights of freed slaves were known as
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Black Codes
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_____was established to help blacks and poor whites by giving them food, shelter, clothing.
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Freedman's Bureau
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a Northerner who moved south to try and influence the Reconstruction process in the south is known as
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Carpetbagger
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After the war, the economy is the south was
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worse than prior to the war
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after the civil war, A-A voters tended to vote mostly for
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Republicans
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this idea never took hold due to its lack of support
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"40 acres and mule"
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factors that led to the decline of Reconstruction America
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*Supreme crt cases that ruled against A-A
*white supremacy groups and their actions towards A-A *politcal scandals that harmed the Rep. reputation in govt. |
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why was Pres. Johnson impeached?
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he challenged the Tenure of office act
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new A-A freedoms following their emancipation from slavery
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*ability to earn money with jobs
*marriage *voting |
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A-A supported the Reconstruction efforts in the south by___
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voting themselves(often they were uneducated voters)
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who won the popular vote in the 1876 election
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Samuel Tilden
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this Supreme crt decision ruled that the U.S. Govt. could not punish individuals who suppressed blacks
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U.S. vs Cruikshank
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stipulations of the Compromise of 1877
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*fed. troops must w/draw from LA and SC
*Hayes must appoint a conservative Southern to the cabinet *Democrats would receive fed. $ to build a RR from TX to the west |
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teh A-A senator who took the Senate seat of Jefferson Davis
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Hirim Revels
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this scandal took place when IRS officials accepted bribes from distillers who wanted to avoid paying taxes
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Whiskey Ring
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the economic downturn that took place at the end of Reconstruction(Jay Cooke's investment in the RR industry)
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Panic of 1873
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this was passed by Congress to help curtail viloence against A-A
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Enforcement Acts
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this was passed by Congress to ensure A-A voting rights at the national level
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15th amend.
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