Antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction: Reconstruction Flashcards

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Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstructions

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-First attempt at Reconstruction made by Lincoln

-all Confederates will be given full pardon if they give an Oath of Allegiance and accept emancipation

-state governments could be reestablished as soon as 10% of the state voters took the oath

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Wade-Davis Bill

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-2nd attempt at Reconstruction not made by Lincoln

-state governments could be reestablished if 50% of the state votes took the oath of allegiance

-only citizens who did not serve in the Confederate army or government could vote

-Lincoln vetoed this bill

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President Andrew Johnson

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-Democratic

-hates plantation owners but will side with them with racism

-takes over Reconstruction and Congress is not happy

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Freedmen’s Bureau

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a welfare agency that provided food, shelter, land, and medical care for black and white Americans damaged by the war
-Johnson ended this for he was racist and wanted to focus on education

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Radical Republicans

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wanted to make sure African Americans had a “fair shot” at freedom through military rule

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13th Amendment

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ended slavery in America

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Civil Rights Act of 1866

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-stated African Americans were citizens
-as citizens, their rights would not be taken away

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Results of the Civil Rights Act of 1866

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-Republicans worried that Democrats would overturn the Act if they returned to power

-the 14th Amendment was created

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14th Amendment

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-all people born in the US are citizens

-states have to provide equal protection of the law and if not federal government would step in

-arguably the most important Amendment created

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Black Codes

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-granted some rights to African Americans (own property, marry, make contracts)

-limited the rights as well (labor laws, could not testify in court)

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Sharecropping

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a corrupt system where a landlord provided the seeds and farm supplied an African American needed to start their own farm. The landlord asked in return a share of the harvest

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What did groups like the KKK forming make Congress need to do?

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Congress would need to go farther in making a change in laws and government

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Reconstruction Act of 1867

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-split the South into 5 military districts

-military troops ensure that African Americans have rights and are safe

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Radical Republicans want Andrew Johnson out of office. What do they try to do?

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Impeach him

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15th Amendment

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African American (men) have the right to vote

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President Grant and Congress result of the KKK

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-more troops in the South

-pass the Force Acts

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Force Acts

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-make it possible to convict members of the KKK

-leaves Southern governments fragile to forces out of their control

-weakens government

-causes many in the South to support the KKK

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result of troops in the South

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-African Americans feel safe

-Republicans dominate state governments in the South

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Scalawags

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a group of Southern Republicans

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Carpetbaggers

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Northerners who moved South after the war

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What do the Scalawags and Carpetbaggers do? What is the result of this?

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-form a political alliance with freed African Americans

-African Americans have roles in politics (Senators)

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How do Black communities thrive in Reconstruction?

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they form Churches, schools, move into the city because of protection

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Credit Mobilier

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a system of giving stocks to Congressmen to avoid investigation on profits on the Transcontinental Railroad

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Corrupt in the Reconstructions

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-politics in the North and South
-people see Grant as corrupt
-state governments

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An image that ab African American-run government is poorly run, corrupt, and cannot be properly run. What does the image do?

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This image feeds into racist and white begin to regain power in the South

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Panic of 1873

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-bank declares bankrupt
-the poor are on their own

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What do Democrats do after the Panic of 1873?

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-regain South
-put restrictions on African Americans

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The Compromise of 1877

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-Rutherford B. Hayes wins Presidential election with the cost of Federal troops leave the South

-Reconstruction ends

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Good things of reconstruction

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-African Americans were involved in politics

-African American communities thrived

-Public School system was created in the South

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Bad things of reconstruction

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-African Americans were assaulted

-Racism in the South returned

-rumor of “African Americans could not handle freedom”