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| Presidental Reconstruction |
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| Lincol beleived that the southern states never left the Union and they were just a disloyal minority. After Lincoln died Johnson tried to carry out Lincoln's plan. |
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| Proclomation of Amnesty and Reconstruction1863 |
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| Political reconstruction of state governments by Lincoln. Pardons would be granted to southerners if they took an oath of allegiance to the Union and accepted the emancipation of slaves. |
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| Bill made by republicans, made that made 50% of a state swear allegiance ot the Union for readmittance. Lincoln pocket-vetoed and casued conflict between him and republicans in congress. |
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| Acted as an early welfare agency proving food, shelter and medical aid to all people who were effected by the war. |
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| Southern movement that restricted rights of blacks, it stopped them from borowing money to buy land, forced them to sign work apprentenships if they had no jobs and prohbited them from testifying in court against white people. |
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| Congressional Reconstruction |
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| Three parts to it, first part was both presidents Lincoln and Johnson returing confederate states to the Union. Then a backwords movement by ex-confederates in Congress becasue of this the third round gave much harsher rules for southern whites and protected southern blacks. |
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| Championed civil rights for blacks. Most republicans converted to this because of fear of a more powerful Democratic party. |
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| Leading radical republican from Mass. who generally wanted equal rigths for all people. |
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| Radical Republican Leader in the House hoped to revolutionize the south by an extended period of militarty rule. |
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| Radical republican that endorsed womens suffrage, rigths for laborr unions and civil rights for northern blacks. |
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| Civil Rigths Act of 1866 and 14th Ammendment |
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| All Africans were to be citizens.Passed 14th ammendment in Congress which declared all people born in the U.S inclduing slaves were citizens and made states provide equal rights for all people with equal protection and due process of law. |
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| equal protection of the law |
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| happend in the 1950's by the supreme court added other clasues to the 14th ammendment that dont matter right now |
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| Congress passed 3 acts that divided southern states into 5 military districts, increased the requirments for readmission and had states had to ratify the 14th ammendment. |
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| Tenure of Office Act 1867 |
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| Enabled the President from removing a federal official or military commander unless the senate gave permission. |
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| In charge of the military governments stationed in the South. |
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| Johnson impeached by the House for 11 high crimes, first to be impeached. |
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| Prohibited states from denying a citizens right to vote. |
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| Gave African Americans equal accomodations in public and allowed the to serve on juries. |
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| northern newcomers to congress |
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| Blanche K. Bruce and Hiram Revels |
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| Republicans in the south sent two black senators to congress |
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| African Americans were signed up to work in the feilds. Slavery but they were contracted and payed. |
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| Republican party reformers passed on their favors and positions to their supporters. |
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| giving jobs and government favors to supporters |
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| Part of a corrupt scheme he got help from Grants brother in law to corner the gold market, was stopped but got away with a lot of money. |
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| Insiders gave sotck inforamtion to people in Congress to avoid investigation of profits they were making. |
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| Boss of local Democratic party in New York who masterminded large schemes to get himself large chunks of graft. The Tweed Ring stole $200 million from New York taxpayers. |
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| Cartoonist who came up with "Boss Tweed" |
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| Overspecualtion by financers caused widespread business failures mostly casued by overbuidling of industry and railroads. |
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| Easy money system sought out by everyone, did not work because Grant sided with hard money supporters. |
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| Southern conservatives who were taking control of states governments |
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| Founded by Nathanil Beford Forrest(ForrestGump) to intimidate blacks and white reformers. |
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| Congress gave power to federal authorities to stop the KKK with violence to protect civil rights |
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| Removed last restrictions on ex-confederats, but this caused a power switch in Congress to the democrats |
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| Republican who became president after Grant |
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| Democrat who ran agianst Hayes and lost, was expectedto win because of recent corruption of the Grant administration |
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| Infromal deal worked out between the arties that would end federal support for republicans in the south and support the building of a southern transcontinental railroad |
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