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Who lead the Radical Republicans?
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Thaddeus Stevens
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What were Radical Republicans? What was their goal?
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A group of Congress men who favored using federal power to create a new order in the south to promote full citizenship
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Fifteenth Amendment
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When did the civil war end?
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1865
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18**
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What was Reconstruction supposed to do?
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Readmit the Confederate states back into the Union
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Readmition
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What time period did Reconstruction happen?
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Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877
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How did president Lincoln assist former slaves?
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By creating Freedman's Bureau
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By creating....
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What did Freedman's Bureau do for former slaves?
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The federal agency set up schools and hospitals for African Americans and distributed clothes, food, and fuel through out the south
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These were there for and to aid African Americans
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When was Lincoln killed?
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Apirl, 1865
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April, ****
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Who was the Vice president that became president after Lincoln's death?
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Andrew Johnson
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Andrew *******
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What party was Johnson in?
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The Democratic party
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What were Johnson's polices based off?
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Lincoln's goals
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Goals
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What did Johnson give to white southerners?
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He gave amnesty and promised to return their land
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What did the South do to Limit freedom of former slaves?
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They passed black codes, which were laws in the state to Limit former slaves power
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What are civil rights?
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Civil rights are rights granted to all citizens (In this case US citizens)
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What urged congress to pass civil rights?
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Radical Republicans urged them
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Republicans
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What declared all people born in the United states citizens (Except Native Americans)?
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The Civil Rights Act of 1866
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Rights given to all citizens
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After Johnston veto of the Civil rights act, did it still pass by the override of the Senate?
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DUH, Yes it did pass
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When was the fourteenth amendment proposed?
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1866
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What did the fourteenth amendment do?
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It put civil rights into the constitution and every citizen had equal rights
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Civil rights
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What happened about African American sufferage?
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If any states kept African Americans from voting, they would lose representatives in Congress
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African American voting rights
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Who created the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
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Moderate and Radical Republicans
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Republicans
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Who controlled Reconstruction?
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Congress
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What were Southerners who supported Radical Reconstruction called?
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Scalawags or scoundrels
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What were white northerners who rushed to the south after the war called?
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carpetbaggers
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During reconstruction how many African Americans served in state legislators?
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600
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What was Hiram Revels?
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He was an African amarican who was a minister and congressman from the south. He came from Mississippi and worked in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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What was the Tenure of Office Act?
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An act that prohibited the president from firing government officials without senate approval
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When was the Tenure of Office Act passed?
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1867
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What was the houses hopes if Johnson was removed from office after impeachment?
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They wanted to increase the role Congress played in reconstruction
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What happend to President Johnson after being impeached?
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He was a quitted by one vote and remained in office
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What was the cost of damage done to Richmond?
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$30 million
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What was African Americans first reaction to freedom?
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To leave their plantations
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What did former slaves do to find their families?
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They posted ads in newspapers
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What did African Americans do to strengthen family ties?
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They adopted dead relatives children
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What was freedman school set up to do?
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To teach African Amaricans
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What were Freedmen's schools started by?
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By Freedman's Bureau, northern missionary groups, and African amarican organizations
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Between _____ and _____ the Freedmen's Bureau spent $5 million
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1865 and 1870
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Who suggested every former slave should get 40 acres and a mule?
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General William T. Sherman
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Who protested because President Johnson never gave them their Land and instead gave the land back to the former owners?
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Bayley Wyat
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Bayley
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Who pushed to make land reform part of the Reconstruction act?
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Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner
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How did African Americans often get into debt?
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From share cropping
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Who were the Ku Klux Klan and what did they do?
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They were a racist group who killed African Americans and white republicans. They wanted to restore the "old south"
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What does lynched mean?
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To kill a person on the spot without a trial
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Who was Robert B. Elliot and what did he to?
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A US Congressman from the south who made a stirring speach about the civil rights bill
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In what year did Ulysses S. Grant win presidency?
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1868
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What was the Fifteenth Amendment supposed to do?
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It stated citizens could not be stopped from voting
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