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andrew johnson
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succeeded lincoln as president
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reconstruction
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time of rebuilding after civil war and the confederate states were readmitted to the union
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lincolns ten percent plan
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full pardon to those who take oath of allegiance (except high rank officials), 10% of a states votes to take a oath and make a new constitution would be allowed back in, congress would admit new members, and supported equality and the right for black men's suffrage
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radical republicans
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congressional republicans that after the civil war wanted to destroy slaveholders' power and give free blacks the right to vote and citizenship
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5.
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thaddeus stevens
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representative of PA who helped sumner develop the radical reconstruction plan
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6.
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wade-davis bill
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bill that proposed that congress, not the president, should be in charge of reconstruction
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7.
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freedmen's bureau
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established by congress a month before the war ended to help former slaves and poor whites in the south by distributing food and clothing. set up hospitals, schools and teacher training centers
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civil rights act of 1866
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gave blacks citizenship and forbade states from passing "black codes" that restricted african americans' lives
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black codes
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laws that restored many of the restrictions of slavery to african americans after the civil war
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10.
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13th amendment
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abolished slavery
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14th amendment
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provided a constitutional basis for civil rights and citizenship for blacks, and prevented most former confederates from becoming political leaders
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impeach
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process to get the president or other political officer/leader out of office (charge with misconduct in office)
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15th amendment
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no one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. gave blacks the right to vote
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enforcement act of 1870
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gave the federal government more power to punish those who tried to prevent blacks from exercising their rights
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15.
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scalawags
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white southerners who joined the republican party in the south
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carpetbaggers
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notherners who moved south after the war to reform southern society or make a fortune
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17.
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hiram revels
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first african american senator
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18.
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sharecropping
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system where a landowner divides his land and gives each worker (black or white) some acres, seeds, and tools in exchange for part of the crops they raise
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tenant farming
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system where farm workers supply their own tools and rent farmland for cash
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40 acres and a mule
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policy where general sherman promised freed slaves who followed his army 40 acres of land per family and use of army mules
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ku klux klan
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social club for confederate veterans that started in tennessee in 1866; goal was to restore white supremacy
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22.
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the Panic of 1873
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series of financial failures that led to a 5 year depression
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23.
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redemption
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southern democrats' term for their return to power in the south
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24.
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rutherford b. hayes
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succeeded grant as president; republican
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25.
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samuel j. tilden
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democrat candidate in election of 1876
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compromise of 1877
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compromise between democrats and republicans that said hayes can be president in exchange for withdrawl of southern troops from LO and SC, federal money to rebuild southern infrastructure, and that a conservative southerner would be put in his cabinet
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home rule
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ability to run state governments without federal intervention
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28.
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amnesty act
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congress returned the right to vote and hold federal and state offices to former confederates through this act
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29.
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credit mobilier affair
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credit mobilier, a construction company working for the Union pacific Railroad, had skimmed off alot of profits from the railroad's gov. contract
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30.
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liberal republican party
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party of republicans that broke off the republican party that were angry about the corruption and wanted a honest efficient gov.
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31.
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horace greeley
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editor of NY Tribune and a vocal pre-civil war abolitionist that ran as the liberal republican candidate and the democratic candidate but lost
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32.
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whiskey ring
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internal revenue collectors and other officials accepted bribes from whiskey distillers that made them not have to pay taxes on the whiskey. this defrauded the gov. from millions of dollars
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33.
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specie resumption act
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promised to put the country back on the gold standard
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