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*A tempory agency that helped former freed slaves by providing relieft, education, legal help, obtaining land, and employment. *Represented the very best of intensions to help. * Accidently treated clients like children. |
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*Branch of republican part(new), wanted the former slaves to have rights and to be equal.
*Initially welcomed Johnsons ascent to the presidency. b/c he was loyal to the Union and thought that ex-confederates should be severly treated. (but later they did not like his policies) |
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*President after Lincolns assissination. *Similar to lincoln except he was very lonley man, stubborn, self-centered, (made most raceist quote in print) *Stays in Union for class base reasons *Doesn't like Planters Elite or former slaves. *Presidential Reconstruction (1865-1866) |
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| Slavery Prohibited in U.S. (Jan. 1865) |
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1.)National Citizenship (June. 1860) 2.) State Representation in Congress reduced proportionally to number of voters disfranchised. 3.) Former Confederates denied right to hold office 4.)Confederate debt repudiated. |
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Denial of franchise b/c of race, color, or past servitude explicity prohibited. (Feb. 1869)
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Restricted blacks in just about everyday life. *Did not allow to own/rent land. *created laws that saught to fashion a system like slavery once again. *Arrested for breaking any of these laws and leased out to a master for punishment. (Planters Victory) |
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*Ku Klux Klan (1866) *Tenn. began as a social club. *Later evovled into an underground terrorist group. *Main goal: intimate Republican voters (lincoln) =teachers were attacked who taught blacks, even whites who voted republican= *Leasing land to blacks was met with physical actions *Economic success was offensive to KKK if one was black. |
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Southern Reconstruction Governments
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Phases of Reconstruction 1.) Johnsons Reconstruction (Presidentional Reconstruction) (1865-1866) 2.) Congressional Reconstruction(1866-1876) 3.) End of Reconstruction(1876-1877) |
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