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| Name two causes of Reconstruction |
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- end of the Civil War
- Ppl in gov. believe the Confederate states should be readmitted to the Union, but disagree on how to reconstruct the country |
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| Name 4 of the 7 effects of Reconstruction |
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- legislation passes to readmit former Confederate states to the Union
- 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments are ratified by the states
- Former slaves gain mobility, right to attend school, and to organize churches
- Planters replace plantations w/ sharecropping
- Supreme Court narrows scope of the new Amendments
- Democrats regain power in the South
- Home rule prevents federal intervention in state gov. |
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| Name three presidents during the time of Reconstruction |
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| Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes |
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| Who was the last person to be in presidency during this time? |
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| this Reconstruction law offered assistance, such as medical aid and education to freed slaves and war refugees |
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| this Reconstruction law granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to African Americans |
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| What was the 14th Amendment? |
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| makes all ppl born or naturalized in the U.S, citizens; stipulates that states that prevented male citizens from voting would lose a percentage of their congressional seats; barred most Confederate leaders from holding political offices |
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| What Reconstruction law abolished governments formed in the former Confederate states; divided those states into 5 military districts; set up requirements for readmission to the Union |
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| Reconstruction Act of 1867 |
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| What was the 15th Amendment? |
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| states that no one can be kept from voting b/c of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" |
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| Name five facts about Andrew Johnson |
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Definition
- 17th president
- Democrat
- first president during the Reconstruction period
- first president to gain his presidency by an assassination
- ambitious
- didn't attend one day of school
- taught himself how to read
- stubborn
- most racist president
- tried to impeach him b/c they wanted him gone (unsuccessful)
- only former president to be elected to the Senate |
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| Name five facts about Ulysses S. Grant |
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Definition
- 18th president
- Republican
- war veteran/hero of the Civil War
- served 2 terms
- loyal
- humble
- shy
- adrenaline junkie
- viewed as a celebrity
- governed military commands
- sent troops to round up and crush the KKK
- Indian affairs was an issue during his presidency |
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| Name five facts about Rutherford B. Hayes |
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Definition
- 19th president
- Republican
- last president during Reconstruction
- involved in the "Great Compromise of 1877"
- Ohio governor before elected president
- wounded 5 times in the Civil War
- ran against Samuel Tilden (Dem.)
- electoral commission was in favor of Hayes being president
- first president to install a telephone in the White House
- optimistic
- governed by compromise
- honest
- intellectual
- nicknamed Ruther"fraud" b/c of scandal |
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| Why was the Election of 1876 and the Great Compromise of 1877 controversial? |
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Definition
- Tilden won popular votes
- close running
- electoral commission picked Hayes for presidency
- election still too close (had House of Reps decide)
- had to agree to Southern proposition of taking the troops out in order to become president
- Republicans were in charge of White House, Democrats were in charge of southern capitals and took out black codes |
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| Southern laws that imposed restrictions on Af-Am. |
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| The 14th Amendment gave these to many in 1868. |
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| to formally charge the president with misconduct |
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1st step in the sharecropping cycle?
2nd?
3rd?
4th?
5th?
6th?
7th? |
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- the sharecropper is given the plots of land and seeds by the landowners
- sharecroppers buy food, clothing, and supplies on credit
- planting the crop (using the same crop year after year can deplete the soil)
- Sharecroppers must give landowners a large share/profit of the harvested crops
- Sharecroppers sell whatever is left (deal with low market prices)
- Sharecroppers pay off accounts, some merchants/landlords pay unjust fines for late payments
- a few sharecroppers w/ leftover cash might become tenant farmers |
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