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33 Cards in this Set
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The time period after the Civil War when the United States began to rebuild the South.
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Reconstruction
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Pres. Lincoln, Pres. Johnson, & Radical Republicans, all had plans of how to handle the South and _____________.
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A series of southern laws to limit the freedom of African Americans.
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black codes
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Laws written by white southern lawmakers to take away many rights of freed African Americans to go to school, vote, serve on juries, & required payment for licenses for jobs.
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Rights belonging to all citizens.
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civil rights
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Congress passed this law that African Americans would have the same ______ ______ as white Americans.
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To accuse a high public official (like the President of the United States) of a crime
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impeach
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The Radical Republicans and moderate Republicans in Congress tried to _______ President Johnson
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The separation of people by race.
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segregation
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Republican state governments passed laws prohibiting _______________.
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A name for a Northerner who went to the South after the civil war hoping to profit from the south's misfortune
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carpetbagger
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The ____________ were "Yankees" who carried a small cloth-covered suitcase made of carpeting
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A name for a white Southerner
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scalawag
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___________ meant "liar or troublemaker" and were white farmers/businessmen who supported the Reconstruction government
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A person freed from slavery.
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freedman
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Some of the 4 million _________ had skills they could use to make a living but most had no education/jobs
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Farming someone else's land while paying a share of the crops raised for rent.
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sharecropping
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A ___________ had to buy seed, tools, food, clothing, and many other things from the landowner.
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A tax paid before someone can vote
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poll tax
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The ____ ___ required African Americans to pay for their right to vote. Most were poor & couln't afford it
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Outlawed slavery in the southern states in 1865
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Thirteenth Amendment
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This amendment only ended legal slavery in the south; it did not end prejudice, racism or bigotry anywhere.
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It said 1. All people born in the U.S.A. are citizens 2. State Govts. cannot take away rights of citizens 3. States that prevent any male citizens, including African Americans , from voting will lose representatives in Congress.& 4. Former Confederates cannot hold office.
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Fourteenth Amendment
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Passed in 1868 intended to preserve the results of the Civil War by protecting the Civil Rights Act of 1866 against rejection by the U.S.Supreme Court
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The right of a person to vote cannot be denied "on account of race, color, or previous condition of cervitude.
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Fifteenth Amendment
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People cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color or having been enslaved.
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Laws passed saying African Americans should have the same legal rights as white Americans.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1866
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Pres. Johnson refused to sign it fearing southern whites might lose their political power
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Became President with the assasination of Pres. Lincoln, a democrat from Tenn. who didn't make southern states give African Americans voting rights.
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President Andrew Johnson
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He had no formal education and allowed states to decide for themselves about Negro suffrage but required each southern state to ratify the 13th Amendment ending slavery
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Former Union General who became the president in 1868.
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President Ulysses S. Grant
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A Republican who supported Reconstruction but wished to end Martial Law in the South.
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Republican who won the Presidential election in 1876 by a narrow margin.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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His platform was to withdraw federal troops from the south which he did,ending reconstruction
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Congress members who did not feel Pres. Johnson's plan was working and passed many Reconstruction Acts dividing the South into 5 military districts/regions ruled by U.S. troops.
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Radical Republicans
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The act said all adult African American males and all qualified adult white males could vote but banned whites who formerly held confederate offices.
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Southern States must 1.promise to end slavery 2. take a "loyalty oath" before being forgiven 3. have 10% take "loyalty oath" before they can set up a new government 4. Property (not slaves) would be returned to former Confederates who took the loyalty oath
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Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction
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It suggested the southern states would give the freed African Americans the right to vote
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His plan for reconstruction was like Lincoln's but did not make southern states give African Americans the right to vote.
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President Johnson's Plan
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It also required each southern state to ratify the 13th Amendment ending slavery
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Congress and the Radical Republican Party initiated this legal proceeding against President Johnson.
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Impeachment
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Andrew Johnson was saved from being removed from office by one vote but lost his reputation in the process
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Congress passed these acts to preserve the civil wars result: 1/marshall law over south 2. whites who formerly held Confederate political offices could not vote 3. All qualified whites and african americans could vote & would run the state governments in the South
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Reconstruction Acts of Congress
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These acts required all southern states to approve the 14th Amendment
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Congress set up this government office to help people in need in the south.
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Freedman's Bureau
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It gave food, clothing, and medicine to freed slaves and poor whites in the south and helped find people jobs.
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A young female slave from Texas whose owner tried to hide the results of the Emancipation Proclamation to keep her family in bondage to work the farm.
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Temple Cummins
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Her mother risked her life to let other slaves know of their freedom
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A group of white southern men who wore white robes and hoods and beat/hanged many African Americans, burned their homes and churches.
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Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
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A secret terroristic group that opposed blacks, jews, and Irish Catholics in the south.
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African Americans who ran for political office in Congress and won.
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Hiram R. Revels and Blanch K. Bruce
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Two African Americans representing Mississippi in Congress
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His plan for reconstruction was like Lincoln's but did not make southern states give African Americans the right to vote.
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President Johnson's Plan
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It also required each southern state to ratify the 13th Amendment ending slavery
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Congress and the Radical Republican Party initiated this legal proceeding against President Johnson.
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Impeachment
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Andrew Johnson was saved from being removed from office by one vote but lost his reputation in the process
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Congress passed these acts to preserve the civil wars result: 1/marshall law over south 2. whites who formerly held Confederate political offices could not vote 3. All qualified whites and african americans could vote & would run the state governments in the South
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Reconstruction Acts of Congress
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These acts required all southern states to approve the 14th Amendment
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Congress set up this government office to help people in need in the south.
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Freedman's Bureau
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It gave food, clothing, and medicine to freed slaves and poor whites in the south and helped find people jobs.
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A young female slave from Texas whose owner tried to hide the results of the Emancipation Proclamation to keep her family in bondage to work the farm.
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Temple Cummins
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Her mother risked her life to let other slaves know of their freedom
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A group of white southern men who wore white robes and hoods and beat/hanged many African Americans, burned their homes and churches.
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Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
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A secret terroristic group that opposed blacks, jews, and Irish Catholics in the south.
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African Americans who ran for political office in Congress and won.
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Hiram R. Revels and Blanch K. Bruce
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Two African Americans representing Mississippi in Congress
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