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61 Cards in this Set
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What was a popular northern song during the war?
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Hang Jeff Davis to a Sour Apple Tree
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What did president John do to all of the rebel leaders for Christmas of 1868?
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pardoned them all
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"Hell has laid her egg, and right here it hatched" refers to what place?
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Richmound
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How long did it take for southern crops to recover?
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1870
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How much money was invested in slaves?
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2B
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What did many slaves do after being freed?
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join union troops in pillaging planters
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What was the day of emancipation referred to as?
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The Day of Jubilo
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Massive flow of "exodusters" went where?
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from Louisiana Texas and Mississippi and went to Kansas
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What became the focus of the black community?
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the church
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What was the most populous black church?
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black baptist ... second was african methodist episcopal church
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Norther women sent aide to blacks in south through the ....
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American Missionary Association
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What did congress pass in 1865 to be a kind of primitive welfare agency?
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Freedman's Bureau
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Who headed the Bureau?
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Oliver Howard
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What state did Johnson belong?
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Tennessee
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What party was Johnson from?
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war democrats
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What illness did John have?
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typhoid fever
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What was Johnson buried with in his pillow?
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constitution
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In 1863 Lincoln proclaimed the _____ to readmit states into the union
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10% reconstuction plan
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Republicans tried to pass the ______ as a more stringent reconstruction bill. But it was ________
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Wade Davis Bill..... vetoed by Lincoln
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Unlike Lincoln many in congress believed the south had ______ or ______
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left the union or committed suicide
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What was going to be used to repeal ordinances of secession and ratify the 13th amend?
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state conventions
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What did Johnson grant in abundance regarding the 10%plan?
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pardons
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Laws intended to regulate affairs of emancipated blacks?
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Black codes
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Which state passed the first and strictest black codes?
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Mississippi
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Thousands of impoverished former slaves and landless whites turned into _____
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sharecropper farmers
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To the shock of many repubs what happen what confederates were let back into congress?
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confed leaders there to take over seats again
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who were "whitewashed rebels"?
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confed leaders that returned to congress
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Repubs had passed three majors pieces of legislation;
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Morrill Tariff, Racific Railroad Act, Homestead act
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What did repubs do on first day of congressional session?
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shut doors to congress to southern delegations
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What did Johnson proclaim on december 6?
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all states had rejoined the union
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Repubs tried to pass ______ in response to the Freedmans Bureau running out
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Civil Rights Bill
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Johnson named
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"sir veto"
"andy veto" "the dead dog of the white house" |
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Repubs passed _____ that conferred civil rights and many other things to blacks
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14th amend
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What were the two big bills Johnson vetoed?
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Freedmans Bureau
Civil Rights Bill |
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Most important election?
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congressional election of 1866
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Repubs led by ____ in senate
and ______ in house |
Sumner
Stevens |
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What was Stevens also a part of?
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Joint Committee on reconstruction
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What act divided the south into five military districts that each were controlled by a union soldier?
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Reconstruction act
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This act also required states to....
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ratify the 14th amend
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Most angering part towards southerns was it required....
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suffrage for blacks
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But, fearing the south might repeal such legislation later, repubs passed _____ that put suffrage into constitution
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15th amend
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Court case that said military tribunals could not try civilians?
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Ex parte Milligan
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What was the only states to observe Lincoln's birthday as holiday?
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Tennessee
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In what year did Union troops leave the south?
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1877
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Name and define the three reconstruction era amendments.
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13 - slavery forbidden
14 - slaves made citizens -certain rebels can't hold state office 15 - suffrage for blacks |
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Woman's group founded by?
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Woman's Loyal League
Stanton Susan Anthony |
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In the 14th amendment, what work was inserted?
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male
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In 15th amend, womens wanted what word added to "no denial of vote based on race color previous condition _____
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sex
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Southern black men founded the
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Union League
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Define Scalawags and carpetbaggers
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scalawags - southern unionists
carpetbaggers - northerners who came to south after war to get money |
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What was the "invisible empire of the south"
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ku klux klan
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where was it founded?
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tennessee
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The goal of the KKK was so that black woulds be
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kept in their place
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Who took Jefferson Davis' senate seat?
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black senator
Hiram Revels |
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Congress passed ___ in response to KKK
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Force Acts
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As the first step towards impeachment, congress passed
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Tenure of Office Act
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which was in order to retain _____
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edwin stanton, sec of war
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impeachment only for
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high crimes and misdemeanors
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how close was he to being impeached?
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one vote
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give a nugget for alaska
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frozen asset
sewards icebox |
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How much did Sewards Folly cost?
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7.2M
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