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American History 1
American History Midterm
Question | Definition |
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Morrill Tariff | Protects the industry. Congressional act after Civil War, might have turned attention away from the south too quickly |
Banking Acts | After the Civil War, the stock market. Encouraged people to spend money to make money |
Homestead Act of 1862 | Expansion of the Mississippi all the way to the Rocky Mountains |
Morril Land Grant Act | Provided land for Universities, brought about by John Dewey |
Wade-Davis Plan | More strict than the ten percent plan. Needed 50 percent loyalty by male voters to be allowed back into the United States. |
13th Amendment | Freed the slaves |
Freedman's Bureau | Supposed to help the freed black slaves |
Carpetbaggers | Republicans that moved to the south that sided with the Fredmen |
Scaliwags | Southern white who joined the republican party and was for reconstruction |
Compromise of 1877 | The election between Hays and Tibin was so close so they gave the winning to the president who got the popular vote (Hays) under the compromise of giving up on reconstruction in the south. |