Reconstruction Flashcards
1
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Reconstruction Act of 1867
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former confederate states divided into 5 military districts led by a former union general
2
Q
Tenure of Office Act
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You cannot remove a cabinet member without senates permission
- congress want the law
- Johnson doesn’t want the law
3
Q
Who gets impeached?
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Andrew Johnson
4
Q
Reconstruction Amendment
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13th- abolish slavery
14th- citizenship
15th- right to vote
5
Q
Hiram Revels
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First balance senator
6
Q
Sharecropping
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owners divided up land and gave it to former slaves
7
Q
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
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Organization that wanted to restore while supremacy in the south through preventing blacks from excersizing rights
8
Q
Grants Administration
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Plagued by many scandals and crimes
9
Q
Specie Resumption Act
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All paper money has to be backed up by actual gold/silver
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