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| What does Reconstruction mean? |
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When did Reconstruction begin? |
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| Who's plan for Reconstruction didn't want to punish the south and calledd for 10% of the population to sign a loyalty oath? |
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| Who's plan for Reconstruction wanted to punish the South and divide it into 5 military districts? |
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| Why didn't the Radical Republicans trust Andrew Johnson as president? |
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| What were the three new amendments that were created immediately after the Civil War? |
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13th - freed the slaves 14th - granted them citizenship 15th - gave them the right to vote |
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| What were some methods the south used to limit African Americans rights? |
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1. Grandfather Clause 2. Poll taxes 3. Literacy tests 4. Jim Crow Laws 5. intimidation from the KKK |
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| What did the Grandfather Clause say? |
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| You could only vote if you had voted in 1863 (Before the war). |
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| What did the poll tax require? |
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| What was the literacy test? |
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| It was a test African Americans had to take in order to vote. It really didn't determine if they could read or write. It was used to limit them from voting. |
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| What were the state laws called that encouraged discrimination of African Americans (separate entrances, schools, drinking fountains, etc...) |
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| What was a person from the north called who moved to the south to scam the southerners? |
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| What was a white southerner called who supported the Radical Republicans? |
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| What hate group terrorized blacks and anyone who helped African Americans use their rights? |
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| What were the black codes? |
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| informal ways to limit African American rights |
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| What economic arrangement encouraged African Americans to work the land of a former owner in return for a portion of the profits? |
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| What did the Radical Republicans pass which said if the president wanted to hire or fire someone they had to get Congress' approval? |
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| Who did President Andrew Johnson fire, violating the Tenure of Office Act? |
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Secretary of War Edwin Stanton |
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| What did congress do to Andrew Johnson once he violated the Tenure of Office Act? |
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How close was Andrew Johnson to losing the presidency in the impeachment trial? |
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| What did the Freedmen's Bureau provide African Americans with? |
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| food, shelter, clothing, built hospitals and schools |
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What supreme court case said "Separate but equal was okay"? |
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| What president's term was filled with scandals? |
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| What did both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois want? |
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| equal rights for African Americans |
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| How was the election of 1876 decided? |
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| A special commission was set up by congress to determine who was president because no one won the electoral college |
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| Who won the election of 1876? |
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| What was the Compromise of 1877? |
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1. Hayes agreed to pull federal troops out of the south 2. the Republican government ends in the south |
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| when the south consistently voted for the Democratic Party (because they hated the Radical Republicans) |
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