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The period of reconstruction after the civil war is known as?

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Reconstruction

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2
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Define amnesty

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A pardon

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Who was the leader of the radical Republicans

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Charles Sumter

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What government agency helped free African Americans by distributing food, clothing, and establishing schools.

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Freedman’s Bureau

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Who was accused of assassinating President Lincoln

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John Wilkes Booth

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Who became President after Lincoln was assassinated

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Andrew Johnson

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What did President Johnson rename his construction plan?

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Restoration

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Explain what black codes are

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Laws passed to control freed African Americans, allowed former plantation owners to exploit former slaves, seen as slavery disguised

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What act overturned the black codes of 1866

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The Civil Rights act of 1866

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Which Southern State went along with congress and was the first to be readmitted into the country

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Tennessee

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What act did Congress pass to limit the power of the president

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Tenure of office act

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Who did Andrew Johnson remove from office in violation of the tenure of office act

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Secretary of War Stanton

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After Johnson’s term in office who was elected President

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Ulysses S Grant

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14
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Define Scalawag

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Means scoundrel or worthless rascal

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Define carpetbagger

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Northerners who moved South with carpet bags

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Name two African American Men who served in the Senate during reconstruction

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Hiram Revels and Blanche K Bruce

17
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Who was Grants opponent for President in 1872

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Horace Greeley

18
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Who founded the Ku Klux Klan in 1866

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Nathan. Forest

19
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Define the Ku Klux Klans “midnight rights “

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Burned crosses in yards as a warning to African Americans and anyone who helped them

20
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Why did laws passed by congress to control the Ku Klux Klan have little effect

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Many southerners refused to testify against the KKK members

21
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In which states did the Democrats regain power quickly due to a large white population

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Va and NC

22
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How did the panic of 1873 last?

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1873 -1879

23
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Who did the Republicans run for Their Presidential Candidate for the 1876 election

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Rutherford B Hayes

24
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Who was the democrats presidential nominee for the 1876 election

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Samuel Tilden

25
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During the 1876 election, which 4 states sent in disputed electoral votes

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Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina and Oregon

26
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Which compromise between Republicans and Democrats led to Hayes being accepted as president

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Compromise of 1877

27
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Who were the Bourbon Democrats

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Some large land holders and others that controlled the South before the civil war

28
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Why did the Southern Democrats call themselves redeemers

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Because they saved the south from Republican Rule

29
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Farmers who rented their land, equipment and home from the landholder were known as what?

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Sharecroppers

30
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What were cash crops

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Crops grown for money not for food

31
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In what four industries did Southern economy grow after the civil war

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Textile mills, lumber mills, tobacco, iron and steel

32
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In which Southern states were public schools to be integrated

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La, Fl, and SC

33
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What actor portrayed a character named “Jim Crow”

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Thomas D Rice

34
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What Supreme Court decision upheld the legality of segregation in the South as long as there were separate but equal facilities

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

35
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Name the extreme form of violence used against people where a mob would attack, torture, and then hang an individual for a perceived crime

A

Lynching

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