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Reconstruction-1302
History-1302 reconstruction through ch 18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reconstruction struggles for the south. | There was no constitutional guidence the south didn't know what to do. |
| Andrew Johnson | President after Lincoln assasination, struggled with congress for power. he was a democrat, congress consosted of Republicans who wanted control. |
| Freedman | 4 million freed black people. |
| 10% Sulution | 10% plan of 1860, made to return the south back to man. Ppl of the south that vote had to sign loyalty to the north. They elected new state Government, state Reps, and Ratify 13th Amendment |
| Radicals | Thadeus Stevens, Charles Summner. Wanted fundimental change in society Freedmen, Rights, Land |
| 1864 Vice President. | Andrew Johnson chosen by Lincon willin to let the white ppl shape the place and rights of the freedmen |
| Black Codes | Laws against black people passed by state legislature to establish the rights of freedmen marriges, personal property, making will. |
| Freedmans Bureau Bill | Extended life funding power |
| Johnson vetoed bills | The Freedmons Bureau Bill and Teh Civil Rights Bill |
| Key turning point | Congress takes congress takes control and overides veto. Establishes there own reconstruction plan April 1866 |
| 13th Amendment | Constitutional amendment that banned slavery in the united states |
| 14th Amendment | Defined Citizenship. Born or naturalized in the U.s is a citizen. Prohibits states from taking away citizens rights.Freedmen Voting. |
| 15th Amendment | Constitutional amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote in all states. Prohibits states from denying citizens the right to vote on race, color, precious conditions or servitude |
| Amnesty | The granting of pardon to a person for committing |
| Carpetbagger | a nickname for a northerner who went south during Reconstruction in the hope of getting rich. |
| Compromise of 1877 | A deal between republicans and Democrats that ended Reconstruction in exchange for giving African Americans rights and accepting hayes as president |
| Grandfather Clause | Excused a voter from a poll tax or literacy test if his father or grandfather had voted before 1867. |
| Impeach | To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office |
| LIteracy tEst | Required voters to read and explain a difficult part of the constitution before they would be allowed to vote. |
| Overfide | To overturn of defeat, as a bill proposed in congress |
| Poll Tax` | fee paid by a voter in order to vote |
| Reconstruction | Period after the civil war when the south was rebuilt, also the federal program to rebuild it. |
| Scalawag | A nickname for a white southerner who supported Radical Republicans |
| Segregation | The separation of the races to keep them apart-in such situations as housing , schools, restrooms, drinking fountains, etc |
| Sharecropper | A farmer that worked on land owned by another person; many freed slaves in the south became Sharecroppers after the Civil War |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | Elected U.S President in 1876 |
| Ku Klux Klan | A secret, racist organization that used violence and intimidation to keep African Americans from voting |
| Federal Troops | Brought into enforce the policies of the federal government during Reconstruction |
| Loyalty Oath | President Lincoln and Johnnson wanted the people of the south to sign in order to come back into the union the Loyalty oath |
| Why did Reconstruction not progress well | There were corrupt politicians that took bribes for their own personal gain. The Reconstruction programs were too expensive and poorly managed. |
| 2 ways in which black codes restricted freedmen | 1)freedmen had a curfew and had to be off the streets by sundown2)Black Codes restricted what kinds of jobs freedmen could have |
| Martial Law | Military control. suspended the rights of habeauscorpus |
| Ten Year Act | Prohibits the president from removing from office anyone appointed with senate approval. without senate approval |
| Edwin Stanton | Secretary of war...Johnson tried to remove him from his seat. |
| The New South | A Desire from a group of leaders, they want new leader. |
| Shareteanants | Bring something to the relationship of sharecropping other than working hands |
| Mississippi plane | Put in place to eliminate blacks from voting |
| Fort Bridges | The half way mark to the west coast. |
| Cholera | an epademic that broke out on the Organ Trail |
| Southwest Indians | Pueblo, Navajo, Apache |
| The Plains Indians | Commanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Sioux |
| Indians Conseption on land owning | The land is Communal. Connected with religion live in harmony balance and natural world |
| Concentration Policy 1851 | Each tribes territory was specifically defined in treaty |
| Mid 1860's Warfare problems | 1)increasing number of settlers2)killing of Buffalo, plains tribe had most issues |
| Fetterman Massacre | 1866 Dec. Northern wyoming massacre by Sioux. This caused for a revolution of policy |
| United States vs. Reese 1876 | 1st voting rights case after 1st amentment in the Kentukey Court. 15th amendment did not confer the right of suffrage but only phohibited exclusion on racial grounds |
| 1890 RailroadsJOhn Marshall Harlam | Supreme Court Justice |
| 1865-1890 | Settlement of west |
| Manifest Destiny | set of ideals & valuse concerning americas mission and americas territorial expansion |
| Social Darwinism | apply ideas of Darwin to develo and progress human society |
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