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| why do some historians call reconstructino "an extension of the civil war?" |
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| it launched many firece policy battles in washington |
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| paid to rent land to farm |
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| during reconstruction, a large amount of public money was spent on |
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| building roads, bridges, and public schools |
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| the civil war left the south |
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| many poor white southern laborers could no longer find work because of |
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| competition from freedmen |
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| in his proposal for postwar Reconstruction, Lincoln |
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| set a tone of forgiveness |
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| in his presidential reconstruction plan, andrew johnson |
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| was more generous than lincoln |
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| pardons to southern officials |
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| newly freed african americans urged the federal government to |
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| redistribute southern land |
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| the most visible new black organizations in the south were |
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| to help black southerners adjust to freedom, Congress created |
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| the process of repairing the damage done the the south |
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| a release from the penalty of an offense; forgiveness |
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| charge a government official with wrongdoing in office |
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| laws that restricted the rights of freedmen in the south |
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| guaranteed that all people born or naturalized in the united states were citizens and that no state could restrict their rights |
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| guaranteed african americans the right to vote |
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| under Johnson's reconstruction plan, white southerners began to enact laws that |
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| gave white power over african americans |
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| the fourteenth amendment was part of a series that |
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| ensured the civil rights of African Americans |
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| the reconstruction act of 1867 |
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1. put the south under military rule
2. new constitutions for the south
3. all men (including blacks) were eligible to vote
4. confederates were temporarily banned from voting
5. southern states were required to give equal rights to all citizens
6. all states were required to accept the 14th amendment |
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| when Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act, he was |
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| in 1870, thanks to the fifteenth amendment, southern black men |
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| northern republicans that moved to the postwar south |
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| a system of farming where the farmer kept part of the crop in return for labor and housing |
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| a system of farming where farmers paid to rent land |
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| the public property and services that a society uses |
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| new farming arrangements led to |
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| the southern homestead act of 1866 tried to help southerners by offering |
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| tenant farming encouraged the rise of a new class of wealthy |
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| reconstruction succeeded in rebuilding many of the south's |
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| most of the south;s postwar industrial growth came from |
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| one example of the wise of reconstruction funds was investing in |
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| much of the money improving infrastructure in the south came from |
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| democratic voters made up of pardoned ex-Confederates and other white southerners |
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| Democrats gave Hayes the presidency victory and in return, the president rebuilt levees along the mississippi and removed all troops that were still stationed in the south |
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| the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan;s terror was to |
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| drive republicans out of the south |
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| congress reacted to Klan terror by passing |
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| the enforcement act of 1870 |
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| voters grew tired of reconstruction in part because |
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| it symbolized corruption and greed |
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| the compromise of 1877 helped democrats regain |
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| control of southern politics |
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| reconstruction succeeded in its goals of restoring the union and helping to |
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| repair the war-torn south |
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| southern states adopted the northern system of |
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| mandatory tax-supported education |
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| among the failures of reconstruction was the inability to |
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| move black southerners out of poverty |
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| during the era of reconstruction, women fought unsuccessfully for |
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| after the civil war, the adoption of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments led to |
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| greater federal supremacy over the states |
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| the poll tax, the literacy test, and the actions of the Ku Klux Klan were all attempts to limit the effectiveness of |
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| the 14th and 15th amendments |
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| the decision of the supreme court in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case is important because it |
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| approved separate but equal facilities for African Americans |
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| black codes restricted the |
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| rights of african americans |
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| the 14th amendment protects |
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| the civil rights of all citizens |
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| the ku klux klan used violence to |
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| prevent african americans from exercising their rights |
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| reconstruction was the effort to |
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| repair damage to the southern states and bring them back to the union |
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| unlike lincoln, president johnson was willing to |
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| issue pardons to confederate leaders |
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| after the war, the south imported much of its food because |
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| new higher labor costs forced farmers to grow cash crops rather than food crops |
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| in his plan for reconstruction, lincoln insisted that southern states |
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| accept federal policy on slavery |
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| what was the freedmen's bureau |
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| an organization designed by the congress to assist newly freed blacks in adjusting to life as free people |
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| what jobs did many former slaves occupy after the civil war |
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| tenant farming and sharecropping |
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| after the war, the growth of southern industry caused |
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| the growth of southern cities |
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| "forty acres and a mule" was |
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| the rumored amount of land to be given to freedmen in the south |
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| who succeeded andrew johnson as president |
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| why did the radical republicans disagree with Lincoln's reconstruction plan |
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| they thought it was too lenient |
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| the 15th amendment guarantees |
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| how did sharecropping affect freedmen after the civil war |
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| many became locked into a cycle of debt and fell into poverty |
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| as opponents of the republicans began to take back the south, |
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| african americans lost more rights |
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| a provision saying that a voter does not have to take a literacy test if his father was eligible to vote on a certain date is an example of |
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| what was the supreme courts position in plessy v ferguson |
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| a law could require separate facilities, if all facilities were equal |
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| how did reconstruction finally come to an end |
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| to become president, rutherford b hayes promised the democrats that he would end reconstruction |
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| what was the wade-davis bill |
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| it was the reconstruction plan designed by the radical republicans who wanted a more strict reconstruction plan compared to Lincoln's plan |
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| in his presidential reconstruction plan, andrew johnson |
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| was more generous than lincoln |
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| in his proposal for postwar reconstruction, lincoln |
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| gave african americans the right to vote |
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| in their reconstruction policies, both president lincoln and president johnson insisted upon |
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| southern approval of the 13th amendment |
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| pardons to southern officials |
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| the freedmens bureau succeeded in |
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| redistributing formerly white-owned land to black southerners |
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| the southern homestead act of 1866 tried to help southerners by offering |
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| what was the verdict in President Johnson's impeachment trial |
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| he escaped conviction by one vote |
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| how were many african americans in the south affected after reconstruction ended in 1877 |
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| jim crow laws placed major restriction on their rights |
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| poll taxes and grandfather clauses were devices used to |
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| deny african americans the right to vote |
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| the withdrawal of federal troops and full amnesty for former confederates |
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| what were the jim crow laws |
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| they were laws that led to segregation of the races |
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| how were freedmen treated during the early days of reconstruction |
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| some people tried to cheat them by not paying for work they had done |
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| the tone of radical reconstruction was set by the |
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| reconstruction act of 1867 |
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