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Civil War Reconstruction
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11th Grade
01/23/2010

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Term
Know results of the cw
Definition
Economic:
1. income tax
2. National Banking system restarted
Social
1. women nursing
2. blacks/13th amend
3. vererans reunions
4. monuments
5 pensions
Political
1. country was reunited
2 lincoln assasinated
3. idea of states rights didn't disappear but states would never secede atain
4. the confederacy was unsure of her future
3. National currently was printed
4. 60% of the SOunthern wealth was lost
Term
black codes
Definition
discriminatory laws that severely restricted AA lives. The Civil Rights act of 1866 gave AA citizenship and forbade states from passing them Effect of restrictions: carrying weapons, serving on juries, testifying against whites, starting own businesses and traveling without permits.
Term
radical republicans
Definition
a minority of Rep in Congress who were angered by LIncons terms. Led the way in abolition and the war and proposed laws to ensure AAs rights. Led by Sumner and Stevens. they wanted to destroy p9olicical powers of former slave holders.
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Scalawags
Definition
: white southers who joined Rep party.
Term
carpet baggers
Definition
Northerners who moved to the South after the War.
Term
Redemption
Definition
Term Democrats used for their return to power in the South.
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Lincoln's 10% Plan
Definition
1863. Lincolns Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. Gov't would pardon all confederations who would swear allegiance to the Union and promise to obey its laws.
Term
Wade-Davis Bill
Definition
Radical response to 10% plan. proposed that congress rather than prez be responsible for reconstruction. + majority for readmission. Lincoln kidded it with a pocket veto.
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Johnson's Plan
Definition
called Presidental Reconstruction. declared that AL, Fl, GA, MI, Nc, Sc, and Tx could be readmitted if it met several conditions: declare secession illegal, swear allegiance to Union, ratify 13th. failed to address land voting rights and protection of AA
Term
Freedman's Bureau
Definition
est by Congress in the last month of the year, to assist former slaves and poor whites in the South by distributing clothing and food by setting up 40 hospitals, 4000 primary schools, 61 industrial institutes, and 74 teacher training es voted to be continued and enlarged by Congress in Feb 1866.
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13th Amendment
Definition
abolished slavery.
Term
Fourteenth Amendment:
Definition
Drafted by Congress "all persons born and naturalized in US' entitled to protection under law. didn't give AA right to vote.
Term
Fifteenth Amendment
Definition
states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous, condition of servitude," ratified in 1870 important victory for rebels.
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40 acres and a mule:
Definition
Jan 1865 sherman promised the freed slaves who followed his amry 40 acures per family and the use of army mules. soon afterward about 40 th freed persons settled on 400th acres in coastal GA and SC
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Sharecropping
Definition
landowners divided their land and gave each worker- either freed AAs or poor white a few acres. worker gave share of crop to land owner.
Term
Was Reconstruction a success or a failure?
(essay)
Definition
p400
Term
Accomplishments and Failures of Reconstruction
Definition
A: 1. universal male suffrage. 2. property rights for women. 3. debt relief. 4. internal improvements.
F: 1. wasteful spending. politicians took kickbacks and bribes from shady business men. 3. general decline in ethnics in post war era.
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Railroad notes
Definition
1.1862, the pacific railway act created the union pacific railway(Irish immigrants and cw vets) and the Central Pacific Railway (Chinese immigrants)
2, may 10th 1869 the 2 railroads meet at promontory pt utah
3. railroads were given 12 mil acres of land (from gov't), reduced travel time from 6 months to five days transcontinental.
Term
Chicago Fire Story (essay)
Definition
FIRE
Term
Great Plains
Definition
grassland that extends the western-central portion of the us
Term
homestead act
Definition
offered 160 acres of land free to anyone that who would live on it and cultivate it for 5 years. pass in 1862. 1862-1900 400,000-600,000 families took advantage
Term
assimilation
Definition
natives were expected to give up belifs and way of life in order to become part of the white culture. Dawes act was passed for this.
Term
Dawes act
Definition
1887 passed in order to make an effort to make assimilation a official policy. broke up land reservations and gave land to each adlut head of native families
Term
homesteader
Definition
settlers on free land from the homestead act. only 10% of land expect to be settled was actually taken
Term
bonanza farm
Definition
enormous farms of 10000 acres or more. created by railrod companies and investors such as George Crass and Oliver Dalrymple
Term
chaparreras
Definition
leather overalls or chaps
Term
charqui
Definition
jerky
Term
caballo bronco
Definition
rough horse
Term
me stenos
Definition
mustangs
Term
corral/rodeo
Definition
corral/rodeo
Term
Edwin Drake
Definition
1859 railroad conductor that used a steam engine to drill for oil in Titusville, PA. This made oil drilling pratical caused oil boom
Term
Bessemer process
Definition
developed by British man named Henry Bessemer and iron maker William Kelly around 1850. produced quality steel form scrap metal and raw materials
Term
Thomas Edison
Definition
1876 pioneer on industry frontier by est. the world's first research lab in menlo park, New Jersey. perfected the light blub
Term
Christopherr Shores and James Densmore
Definition
invented the typewriter in 1867 and James improved and sold it in 1873
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Alexander Bell
Definition
invented the telephone with Watson in 1876. Laid groundwork for worldwide communication network
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George Pullman
Definition
built factory for manufacturing sleepers and other railroad cars on pranes miles from Chicago. increasing demand made his make a town for his workers
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Credit Mobilier
Definition
construction company was formed by stockholders in the Union Pacific Raliroad that enabled them to skim money. They gave the company a contract to lay track for 2-3 times the cost and donated shares of stock to congress to prevent meddling. 1867
Term
interstate commerce act
Definition
passed in 1887 that reestablished the right for federal gov't to supervise railroad activities and est. 5 member interstate commerce commission for that purpose
Term
how many miles of track in 1890?
Definition
210,000 miles
Term
white vs chinese workers
Definition
white: 10 hr day, $40-60 per mont, free meals
Chinese: dawn to dusk, $35 a mont, no food
Term
pullman's town
Definition
good: clean, well constructed. brickhouses and apartments w/ at least 1 window in every room. had medical, legal offices, shops, church, library, theater, and athletic field
bad: highly company controlled. no loitering or alcohol. dissatisfaction let to violent strike in 1894
Term
How did Buffalo Soldiers get the name 'buffalo soldiers?'
Definition
the indians were reminded of buffalo by the black men's color, short hair, and tenacity
Term
Who taught the soldiers to read and write?
Definition
chaplains.
Term
List various roles of the buffalso soldiers
Definition
escorts, guards, peace keepers, map makers, scouters, fought and tracked indians
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