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Test on 08.23.11
11th grade U.S. History
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What reactions did Johnson have to Southern complaints? (3) | issued pardons for all Confeds., except officials + rich planters; removed black troops from South; allowed Mississippi to rejoin Union even though didn't ratify to 13th Amendment |
14th amendment: | all ppl. born + naturalized in U.S.= citizens of U.S. + state live in;Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. |
15th amendment: | granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." |
16th amendment: | allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results. |
13th amendment: | officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. |
Lincoln was buried in what state? | Springfield, Illinois |
as result of Compromise of 1877(2): | Repubs.agreed to withdraw remaining fed. troops from South; Dems. in some states used terrorism to prevent African Amer. from voting Republican |
as result of Panic of 1873(3): | Repubs. abandoned universal voting rights; voters turned against repub.-controlled Congress; Repub. Party's interest in universal voting rights faded. |
Union League | helped African Amer. to becom emore active in politics so they could have greater control over own futures |
During Reconstruction, many African Amer. ________. | learned to read |
former salve-trader, Confed. general; used KKK leadership to frighten African Amer. to prevent from voting Republican. | Nathan Bedford Forrest |
Enforcement Act | allowed govt. to use military to stop violence against African Amer. |
Dems. used it to gain power in House Representatives | Panic of 1873 |
agreement b/t Dems. + Repubs. that took away fed. dupport of reconstruction gvts. | Compromise of 1877 |
Wade-Davis Bill | wouldn't let Reconstruction begin until 10% of white males in Confederacy made promise of loyalty to Union |
Alexander H. Stevens | former Confed. V.P. who was allowed by Johnson's policies to take office as representative |
believed Lincoln's death would let certain northerners take revenge on South | Sidney George Fisher |
Reasons given by House for impeachment of Pres. Johnson (3): | violation of Tenure of Office Act; "scandalous" speeches; bringing Congress "into disgrace" |
Radical Republican grievances against Pres. Johnson (3): | unfair; governed poorly; tried to halt Congress' plan for Reconstruction |