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35 Cards in this Set
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Reconstruction
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rebuilding confederate (south) states after civil war
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amnesty
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pardon to a large group of people
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Lincoln's Plan
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Proclamation of Amnesty & Reconstruction 1863 - offer pardon to southerners who take an oath of loyalty to the U.S. and accept union's proclamatin for slavery. Lincoln wanted to reconcile, not punish
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Radical Republicans
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lead by Thaddeus Stevens & Charles Sumner. Disagreed with Lincoln's idea to reconcile with the south. The wanted republican power in the south, prevent confederate leaders from gaining power, help the blacks recieve equality.
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Thaddeus Stevens
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Pennsylvania representative, one of the radical republican leaders
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Charles Sumner
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Massachusetts representative, one of the radical republican leaders
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Radical Republicans Goals
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three goals - keep confederate leaders out of power, make the republicans powerful in the south, have the gov't guarantee blacks the right to vote in the south
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Wade Davis Bill
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1864 - majority white men in confederate state take oath of allegiance to union, state could then create a gov't with people who took 'ironclad' oath that they never fought against union. Each state then had to abolish slavery & drop debts from old confederacy
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Pocket Veto
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Lincoln let session of congress expire before signing
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Freedmen
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freed african americans who followed troopa looking for food/shelter
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Freedmen's Bureau
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1865 congress setup to give war refugees in south food/clothes from army surplus
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Johnson's Plan
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1865 new proclamation of amnesty, similar to Lincoln but offered pardon to all confederates except officers. Officers could apply individually. all south states have to drop slvery
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Black Codes
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limit african american rights in the south
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13th amendment
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end of slavery
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14th amendment
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could not take someone's rights without due process
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15th amendment
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right to vote for everyone
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military reconstruction act
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1867 south states except Tenessee divided into 5 military districts with a union general in charge while each state rewrote constitution and accpeted 14th amendment
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impeach
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charge someone with high crimes in offce
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tenure of office act
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president could not remove anyone from office without senate consent
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Edwin Stanton
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secretary of war fired by johnson, led to his impeachment
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carpetbaggers
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northerners who moved south with their belongings in a fabric suitcase
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scalawags
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term used by southerners to describe people who worked with the north on reconstruction. it meant they were weak
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graft
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gaining money illegally through politics
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ku klux klan
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1866 secret society who opposed reconstruction
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william belknap
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grants war secretary who accepted bribes and resigned before being impeached
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whiskey ring
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1875 group of gov't officials and distillers file false tax returns to steal money
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president grant
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his programs underminded reconstruction and split the republican party.
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panic of 1873
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jay cooke and company (strong bank) filed bankruptcy and caused other small businesses to panic and close
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reconstruction ends
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democrats regain the power in the south and the south goes from agricultural to industrial
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compromise of 1877
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democrats agree to elect hayes as president, republicans promised a southern postmaster general
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rutherford b hayes
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elected president in 1877, vowed to end north/south fighting.
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samuel tilden
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democratic presidential canidate against hayes who was beleived to have won the election before compromise of 1877
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tenant farming
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pay rent for the land they farmed
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sharecropping
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paid their 'rent' by giving up part of their crops
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Edmund Ross
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