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Chapter 10 Section 1 Flashcards

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After the Civil War the president and Congress grappled with the difficult task of what?

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Reconstruction

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Lincoln wanted a what kind of policy that would reconcile Southerners

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Moderate

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3
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Did Lincoln want to punish the Southerners for treason?

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No

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Lincoln offered a general what to all Southerners who took oath of loyalty to the US and accpeted the unions proclamation concerning slavery.

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Amnesty

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5
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Who strongly opposed Lincoln’s plan?

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Radical Republicans

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Radical Republicans wanted to prevent the leaders of what group from returning to power?

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Confederacy

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Radical Republicans wanted the federal government to help African Americans achieve political equality by guaranteeing their right to what in the South?

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Vote

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Which group thought Lincoln was too lenient?

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The Moderates

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9
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Which group thought Lincoln wasn’t going far enough?

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The Radicals

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The Moderates and Radicals combined to form what plan?

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Wade-Davis Plan

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Congress passed the Wade-Davis Plan but LIncoln did what to it?

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Pocket Veto-ed it

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12
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As Sherman marched through Georgia thousand of African Americans known as ???

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Freedmans

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The refugee crises prompted Congress to establish the what?

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Bureau of Refugees

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Bureau of Refugees,Freedman, and Abandoned Lands are better known as

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Freedman’s Bureau

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Who was Lincoln’s vice president?

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Andrew Johnson

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In the summer of 1865, Johnson initiated the what?

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Restoration Program

17
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The new southern legislature passed a series of laws known as what?

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Black Codes

18
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The republicans created a Joint committee on what?

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Reconstruction

19
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In an effort to override the Black Codes Congress passed the what?

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Civil Rights Act

20
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What did the Civil Rights Act do?

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granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. except Native Americans

21
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Civil Rights Act gave the what government the power to sue people who violated it?

A

Federal Government

22
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worried that the supreme court might overturn the Civil Rights Act the Republicans then introduced the what?

A

Fourteenth Amendment

23
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In March 1867 congressional Republicans passed the…..

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Military Reconstruction Act

24
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The Military Reconstruction Act, divided the confederacy, except for Tennessee, into how many districts

A

5

25
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By the end of 1868 how many former confederate states had been admitted back into the union

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6

26
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Congress passed what two Acts in order to prevent Johnson from bypassing Grant of firing Stanton

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Command of the Army Act and Tenure of Office Act

27
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challengeing the Tenure of Office Act, Johnson fired who?

A

Stanton

28
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The house voted to do what to Johnson

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impeach

29
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Congress then passed what Amendement?

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15th

30
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When a president lets a session of Congress expire without signing a piece of legislation

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pocket veto

31
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law that severely limited the rights of African Americans

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Black Codes

32
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granted citizenship to all person born in the United States except Native Americans

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Civil Rights Act of 1866

33
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Required Senate approval for removal of government officials

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Tenure of Office Act

34
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given task of feeding and clothing war refugees in the South, amoung other good works

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Freeman’s Bureau

35
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The south would not be able to maintain its agricultural output until it developed a new system to replave what

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enslaved labor

36
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Which group would not be allowed to vote or hold elective office under the provisions of the Wade-Davis Bill

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Confederate Officials

37
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The actions of the Freedmans Bureau helped to prevent what

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mass starvation

38
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President Johnson proclaimed that each former confederate state had to call a constitutional convention to revoke its ordinance of secession and ratify the

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thirteenth amendment

39
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Republican victories in the congressional elections of 1866 meant they were strong enough to override any presidential what

A

veto

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