chapter 18

Question 1

granted amnesty to most confederates, allowed each rebellious state return to the union as soon as 10% of voters took a loyalty oath to union and the state approved the 13th amendment

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10% plan Lincoln’s plan

Question 2

forgiveness for crimes committed

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amnesty

Question 3

abolished slavery except for used as a punishment for a crime

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13th amendment

Question 4

Lincoln’s assassin

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John Wilkes booth

Question 5

Lincoln’s vice president and 17rth president

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Andrew Johnson his plan was to let southern states create new govs; offered no support to newly freed and offered them no role in the gov; when former confeds came back to office, new rules in place to control + limit rights of African Americans in south

Question 6

congress not happy with Johnson’s plan so passed 2 bills to help integrate the freedmen into society

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congressional reconstruction

Question 7

provided food + medical care to black and white in south and also built schools for freedmen

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freedmen’s bureau

Question 8

other bill that stated enslaved ppl were citizens and all citizens are equally protected under the law and also approved the 14th amendment so courts couldnt overturn this act

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civil rights act of 1866

Question 9

declared former slaves were citizens with full civil rights and people could not be denied equal protection under the law; any person born or naturalized in the us is now a citizen

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14th amendment

Question 10

tried to limit Johnson’s powers and make it more difficult to readmit former confed. states

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radical reconstruction

Question 11

the period following the civil war in which the former confed states were brought back to union and former enslaved people were integrated into society

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reconstruction

Question 12

Divided the South into 5 military districts each governed by a general and federal military troops until new state governments were formed; former Confederate leaders were banned from serving in these new governments; military commanders made sure that new state constitutions allowed black men to vote

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military reconstruction act of 1867

Question 13

limited Johnson’s power over the army

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command of army act

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stopped Johnson from firing certain officials without senates permission

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tenure of office act

Question 15

A charge of misconduct against an elected official the official does not need to be removed from office for this to happen

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impeachment

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laws for black people that they had to follow; restricted their rights

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black laws

Question 17

endless cycle of hard work for another person and no getting the money the hard worker should receive in return

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sharecropping

Question 18

formed in southern states in 1865 as a way to resist reconstruction policies; used violence and intimidation

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ku Klux klan

Question 19

republican in the election of 1876

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Rutherford b Hayes also the 19th president

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democrat in election of 1876

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Samuel tilden

Question 21

Hayes became president but he had to remove union troops for the south; marked the end of reconstruction

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compromise of 1877

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fee required for voting and many coudlnt afford it

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poll tax

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required voters to read and explain parts of the constitution

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literacy tests

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laws that allowed people to vote if their grandfathers had voted before reconstruction

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grandfather clauses

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laws that segregated races in almost all public places

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Jim crow laws; diff between these and black codes is that they restricted black rights and jim crow laws separate the races

Question 26

form of violence in which angry mobs killed people outside of the legal system without a trial or evidence

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lynching

Question 27

how + why did reconstruction end

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election of 1876 bc no one got a majority of electoral votes so compromise of 1877 was created and that gave Hayes the presidency but he had remove union troops from southern states

Question 28

what did Johnson’s plan do for former slaves and confeds

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offered no support, placed rules to control their rights
confeds: forgave most except wealthy planters and leaders

Question 29

prisoners rented by the gov. as unpaid labor to factory owners, mines, and plantations

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convict leasing

Question 30

what did radical reconstruction do for former slaves and confeds

Answer 30

supported newly freedmen and allowed black men to vote
confeds: limited Johnson’s power, made new govts for south states; nothing to help them