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wanted a moderate plan for reconstruction

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Lincoln

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didn’t want to punish the South

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Lincoln

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10% Plan(Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction)

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Lincoln

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Radical Republican

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Thaddeus Stevens

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felt it was Congress job to draw up plans for Reconstruction

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Thaddeus Stevens

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became President upon the death of Lincoln

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Andrew Johnson

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was military governor of Tennesee

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Andrew Johson

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his plan for Reconstruction was Proclamation of Amnesty

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Andrew Johnson

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opposed to 14th Amendment

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Andrew Johnson

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vetoed reconstruction Act of 1867

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Andrew Johnson

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was impeached, but never convicted

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Andrew Johnson

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head of Army during Johnson term

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US Grant

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became President in 1868 and 1872

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US Grant

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many scandals during his Presidency

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US Grant

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15
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sec of war under Johnson

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Edwin Stanton

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Johnson fired him to lead himself to impeachment

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Edwin Stanton

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vice president for Grant

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Schuyler Colfax

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involved in Credit Mobiler Scandal

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Schuyler Colfax

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ran against Grand in 1868

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Horatio Seymour

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“Great Decliner:

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Horatio Seymour

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21
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first African American elected to Senate

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Hiram Revels

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first African American elected to House of Representatives

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Joseph Rainey

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involved in Gould-Fisk Scandal

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Jay Gould

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tried to corner the gold market

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Jay Gould

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considered first inside trader

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Jay Gould

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Grant’s sec of war who was impeached for selling bribes

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William Belknap

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Grant’s private sec who was involved with Whiskey Ring

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Orville Babcock

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became President in 1876 as a result of Compromise 1877

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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Democratic President candidate who lost Election 1876 even though he had more electoral votes orginally

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Samuel Tilden

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What term applies to an official pardon?

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amnesty

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What amendment gave the African American citizenship?

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14th Amendment

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What is a series of laws passed by the Southern states to limit the African Americans?

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Black Codes

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What is the name given to people who farmed and paid rent for the use of the land?

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tenant farmers

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What outlaws the activities of the Ku Klux Klan?

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Ku Klux Klan Act

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What was created by members of the House of Representatives and Senate that were to develop their own program for rebuilding the South?

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Joint Committee on Reconstruction

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What was the plan for rebuilding of the South after the Civil War?

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Reconstruction

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What was the group in Congress who felt it was the Congress responsibility to draw up plans for Reconstruction?

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Radical Repbulicans

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What was created by Lincoln to help the African Americans after the Civil War?

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Freedman’s Bureau

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What offered a pardon to all former citizens of Confederacy who took oath of loyalty to the Union and return their property?

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Proclamation of Amnesty

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What is to accuse a person of wrongdoing?

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impeach

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What required all orders from the President to go through the headquarters of the general of Army?

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Command of Army Act

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What is the name of white Southerners who supported the Republican cause in the South after the Civil War?

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Scalawags

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What is gaining money illegally through politics?

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graft

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What is the economic crisis of Grants second term caused by the closing of banks, problems in the stock market, and high unemployment?

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Panic 1873

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What is the idea that sharecroppers couldn’t pay debts and therefore couldn’t leave land?

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debt peonage

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What was formed to decide the outcome of the election of 1876?

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Committee of 15

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What was the idea that the South couldn’t return to pre-Civil War agricultural industry, so they must develop n industrial economy but it never happened?

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New South

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What was a conspiracy of internal revenue government officials and distillers who joined together to cheat the government by filing false reports?

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Whiskey Ring

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What was a group of acts put into effect to stop the violence in the South?

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Enforcement Acts

50
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What is the name given to many Northerners who moved South after the Civil War to help people?

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carpetbeggars

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What amendment freed the slaves?

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13th Amendment

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What granted citizenship to all persons born in the US except the Native Americans. African Americans could own property and provided that they be treated equally in the courts?

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Civil Rights Act 1866

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What required the Senate to approve the removal of any government officials whose appointment had required Senate approval?

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Tenure of Office Act

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What was the scandal that centered around the building of the transcontinental railroad?

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Credit Mobiler Scandal

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What was the name that applied to the taxes on alcohol and tobacco?

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sin tax

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What is the name to the agreement that ended up with Hayes becoming President and the Union troops being pulled out of the South?

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Compromise 1877

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What were the people paid a share of the crop for the use of the land?

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sharecroppers

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What is the nickname of Lincolns plan for Reconstruction?

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10% Plan

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What occurs when a president lets a bill die by not signing it withing the 10 days after Congress adjourned?

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pocket veto

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What was the nickname given to the African Americans who served in the US Calvary?

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Buffalo Soldiers

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What amendment gave the African American men the right to vote?

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15th Amendment

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What part of the Congress brings about the charge of impeachment?

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House of Representatives

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What part of Congress is an impeachment hearing held?

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Senate

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What election was the first presidential election that African Americans could vote?

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Election 1868

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What was the secret organization formed whose goal was to help the Democrats regain control of the South?

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KKK

66
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What provided supplies to sharecroppers but at a high interest rate?

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furnishing merchants

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What is the idea that a merchant could take part of the crop to cover debt?

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crop lien

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