Download reconstruction Reconstruction – rebuilding after the war, bringing the

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Reconstruction – rebuilding after the war, bringing the south back into the ________________, fix their _____________,
and promote African American __________________  making the states “united” once again
Lincoln’s Plan
Johnson’s Plan
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Reconcile the south, _______ punish the south
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South had to accept the ______ Amendment
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Amnesty: __________________ (forgave) all
who took an oath of loyalty to US, except
officers and leaders
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10 Percent Plan: once 10% of voters took an
__________ to the Union, a state could be
readmitted
Andrew Johnson
Republican
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Accepted the ______ Amendment (abolished
slavery)
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Passed the ______ Amendment giving
citizenship and equal protection under the law
to all African Americans
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Military Reconstruction Act: set up _____
military districts in the South
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States had to ______________ 13th, 14th, and
15th Amendment
Resistance to Johnson’s Plan
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Freedman’s Bureau
 Provided food, ______________,
healthcare, and education to black
and white refugees of the South
 Represented black citizens in
________ and in labor disputes
 Reunited _________________
Became president after Lincoln was
_____________________
Similar to Lincoln’s but didn’t require the
______
Allowed officers to be pardoned and take
________________
Accept 13th Amendment, but not the right to
___________
Accepted by ____________... many states
rejoin the Union
Congressional Reconstruction
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Radical Republicans in Congress want
African Americans to have
_______________
Southern states pass ____________
codes that severely limited the rights
to AA and kept them as landless
workers
Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of
1866 to give civil liberties to AA but
Johnson ____________ it, then
Radical Republicans override his veto
Johnson’s Impeachment
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Radical Republicans worried Johnson
would undermine their plan, so they pass
the Tenure of Office Act: Senate had to
______________________ the removal of
government officials
Johnson __________________ the
Tenure of Office Act so the House
impeaches (________________ him of
wrongdoings) Johnson
o He is _______ removed from office
because he promises to follow
Congressional Reconstruction Plan
Grant in Office
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Grant won the Election of 1868 with the
help of ___________________________
voters because the 15th Amendment
(gave former slaves the right to vote)
His entire time in office was plagued
with ________________________
Used the spoils system, his friends were
corrupt
Worst scandal was the ______________
Ring in which officials were selling tax
stamps for whiskey for ___________
than their real value
Republicans in the South
Solid South – southerners are Democrats and will ___________
vote Democrat
African American Vote – support Republicans. Why?
Ulysses S. Grant
Republican
Jim Crow – created in the South to _____________________
African Americans
Scalawags – white Republicans in the __________________...
hated by other Southerners
Carpetbaggers – northern Republicans who move ___________
for economic opportunities…hated
Election of 1876
Southern Economy
Tenant
Farmers
Sharecropping
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landowner provides
person with a place
to live, seeds and
______________
when crops are
harvested the renter
must give a
_______________ of
his crop
interest rates were
high and
sharecropper stayed
in _______
Many former slaves
become
sharecroppers
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tenant paid
____________
in cash to
landowner
____________
to do whatever
with his land
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The more
progress AA
made the
more hostile
__________
southerners
became
Terrorized &
intimidated AA
by burning
___________,
schools and
churches or
beating/killing
AA
Dressed in
___________
robes and
hoods
Compromise of 1877
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Congress
tried to stop
them with
Enforcement
Acts but being
the KKK is not
illegal but most
of their activities
are illegal
Republicans (_____________) win
electoral college but Democrats
(_______________) win popular vote
o Could have led to another
____________________
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Rutherford
North Happy: Rutherford B. Hayes is
B. Hayes
___________________ president
Republican
South Happy: federal troops are
___________________ from the South
Significance: Reconstruction is ________
with the Compromise of 1877 and
removal of troops
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