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Ch 15
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50
History
10th Grade
02/18/2015

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Ulysses S Grant
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One of the most scandal administrations in American history
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Horace Greeley
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New York newspaper editor who ran against Grant in 1872
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Rutherfor B. Hayes
Definition
Winner in the most disputed presidential election to that time
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Andrew Johnson
Definition
1st president to be impeached
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Thomas Nast
Definition
political cartoonist who advocated reform
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Hiram Revels
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1st black to serve in the U.S Congress
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Samuel Tilden
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Lawyer who helped to reform corrupt in New York city
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William Tweed
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Corrupt leader who defrauded New York
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Republicans
Definition
created a powerful block of voters who would oppose them for almost a century
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Who came 1 vote short of being removed from office
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Andrew Johnson
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Radical Republicans
Definition
gained control of state governments in the South by denying the vote to many former confederates
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The radicals ________________ with Lincoln over the % of Southern white males who should take oath of allegiance before a state was readmitted to the union
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disagreed
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The hardships of reconstruction forced the _________________ to produce staples
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North
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Carpet Bagger
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northern radicals who moved to the South
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Disfranchisement
Definition
denial of the right to vote
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"Grantism"
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Political corruption
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Greenbacks
Definition
Paper money not backed by gold or silver
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Impeachment
Definition
indictment of a political official by congress
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Liberal Republican
Definition
Type of republican who opposed the radicals in 1872
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Radical Republican
Definition
Republican minority that wanted to deal harshly with the South
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Redeemer
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Southerner who wanted to oust republican rule & restore white majority rule
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Scalawag
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Southern radical
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Sharecropping
Definition
Method for freed slaves to far the land without cash
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Black codes
Definition
attempt to regulate the conduct of former slaves
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Military reconstruction act
Definition
divided the South in to 5 military districts
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Ten Percent plan
Definition
Lincoln's attempt to reestablish civilian government in the South quickly
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"The Solid South"
Definition
near unanimous support of the Democratic Party in the former Confederate states following reconstruction
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Wade Davis bill
Definition
required that majority of voters in each Southern state sign an oath of allegiance
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13th amendment
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abolish slavery
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14th amendment
Definition
granted full citizenship rights
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15th amendment
Definition
guaranteed the right to vote regardless of their race, color, previous condition of servitude
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Compromise of 1877
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political agreement were by federal troops would be removed from the South
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Ku Klux Klan
Definition
extremist group opposed radical reconstruction and sought to prevent blacks from voting during the reconstruction.
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Tenure of Office act
Definition
act of congress to protect cabinet members from being fired by the president
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Reconstruction
Definition
according to the national government attempt to rebuild the South based on the radical ideas
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Panic of 73
Definition
most Sevier depression in the 1st 100 years of America's history
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Freedmen's Bureau
Definition
government agency designed to help former slaves during the war
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Credit mobilier
Definition
scandal involved groups criminal intended for railroad reconstruction
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List positive of Radical government in the South
Definition
Public school system universal manhood suffrage, & rebuilding to transportation system
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President that supported Lincoln's plan for reconstruction
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Andrew Johnson
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Provisions for the military reconstruction act
Definition
South was divided into 5 military districts each state had to pass the 14th amendment, each state had to write a new constitution grantinguniversal sufferage regardless of race
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Alleged reason Johnson was impeached
Definition
dismissed radical secretary of war
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What republicans offer Southern democrats return for their support in electing Rutherford B. Hayes
Definition
Removed federal troops from the South
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Why Tammany Hall was allowed to continue its construction
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Democratic needed its help in attaining votes
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What Robert E. Lee did after war
Definition
became the president of Washington college
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"Waving the bloody shirt" means
Definition
blaming Democrats for the war
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Why sharecropping became common in the South
Definition
South lacked sufficient money to pay wages
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Fisk & Gould scandal
Definition
manipulating the price of gold
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2 positive accomplishments of the radical government in the south. Explain why southerners resented those governments
Definition
enactment of universal manhood suffrage and organization of public school system
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Explain the effects that the Military reconstruction act had on the south
Definition
*Divided the 10 former states of the confederacy into 5 military districts
*Each states were headed by a military governor appointed by the president
*congress instructed the governors to keep peace in the south by federal troops and military courts
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