Workbook Ch 14

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reconstruction era

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time period when the Southern states needed to rebuild their economies and be re-admitted to the Union

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13th amendment

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ended slavery in the United States

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Andrew Johnson

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vice president under Abraham Lincoln,

became president when Lincoln was assassinated; impeached but not removed from office

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Freedman's Bureau

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established by congress to help the millions of freed slaves, helped with food, clothing, medical care, housing, education, locating family

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Black Codes

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southern states passed these laws similar to the slave codes; used to prevent freedmen from fully entering society and denied them their rights

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Radical Republicans

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Northern Congressmen who wanted full rights for all freedmen

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Civil Rights Bill

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written by the radical republicans to guarantee rights to freedman; then rewritten as the 14th amendment

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14th Amendment

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gave citizenship to all former slaves; rights of citizenship to all freedmen

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military districts

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divided the south into 5 sections governed by the army

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15th amendment

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prevented denying voting rights based on race

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carpetbaggers

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Northerners who went South and held political power

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scalawags

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southerners who sided with the north during the civil war

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Hiram Rhodes Revels

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first African American to serve in the US Congress; Senator for the state of Mississippi

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sharecroppers

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replacement for slaves; worked someone else's land for a share of the crop

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Homestead Act

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1862; any citizen could occupy government land, if the land was improved with a home and crops it would become the property of the citizen after 5 years and payment of $10

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Morrill Act

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provided each state with land in the west based off the number of congressmen; land was to be sold and earnings used to fund public colleges that taught agriculture and mechanical arts;

Texas A&M was built using this Act

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Transcontinental Railroad

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Union Pacific-Central Pacific were connected in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah. Lines extended across entire United States

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Indian Wars

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Native Americans were forced onto reservations to clear land in the west for the railroad and the Homestead Act. Reservations were usually undesirable land and much smaller than the land the Natives were removed from

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Dawes Act

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1887; designed to break up tribes and promote the assimilation Native Americans into society. Further threatened the Native Americans way of life.

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trade unions

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an association of workers who act together in making demands to employers for higher wages and better working conditions

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Knights of Labor

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1869; replaced the National Labor Union; 8 hr work days' higher wages, safety codes, and end to child labor, and equal pay for women

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"New South"

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name of the modern, industrial south, that moved away from plantation culture and no longer relied on slave labor

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Tenure of Office Act

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passed by congress limiting the President's power to dismiss his own cabinet members

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impeachment

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step 1 of the 2 steps to remove a president from office

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Ulysses S Grant

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former Union general elected President of US after Andrew Johnson

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Civil War Amendments

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also known as the Reconstruction Amendments: Amendments 13,14, & 15

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Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

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group of former confederate soldiers that terrorized blacks and used intimidation to deny rights to others

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Chinese Immigrant Workers

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80% of the California side transcontinental railroad construction force;