unit 5 reconstruction ush Flashcards

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what is the 13th amendment

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an amendment passed in 1865 that abolished slavery

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what is the south’s response to the 13th amendment

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angry, nervous, frustrated, fearful

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what is the 14th amendment

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everyone born in the US is a US citizen, and has protection of the law, passed in 1868. No states can make laws that deny rights of citizens.

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what was the south’s response to the 14th amendment

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angry, nervous, fearful

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5
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what is the 15th amendment

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Black men (not women) can vote

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What was the south’s response to the 15th amendment

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angry, fearful

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How to remember the 13th, 14th, 15th amendment

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Free (13) Citizens (14) Vote (15)

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What was the freedman’s bureau

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Bureau made to protect black people, and their rights

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what did the freedman’s bureau do

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Help black people find jobs, food, medical care, schools, legalizing marriage and reunited families.

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Who made the freedman bureau

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Abraham Lincoln in 1865

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Why was the freedman bureau not good

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-white ppl opposed and harassed other white ppl who tried to help
-johnson cut funding
-ended in 1872, 7 years after being formed

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what was a upside of the freedman bureau

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it helped a lot of black people transition into a life of freedom

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what things did the freedman bureau do?

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legalize marriage, make schools, help find jobs, food, housing, medical care and reunited families.

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what is share cropping

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when landowners divided land to a-americans or poor whites and when they harvested, they took half the crops as rent. it was more beneficial to land owners then slaves bc they usually never got to the point where they could buy their own land.

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what is a scalawag

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white southerner who joined the Republican party, and wanted the south to industrialize fast

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what is a carpetbagger

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northerners who moved to the south after the war with mixed motives, such as helping former slaves, or former union soldiers who wanted to buy land to start new industries. others were adventurers who exploited southern turmoil for profit

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What was lincoln’s 10% plan’s position toward south

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lenient policy, said that the southern states never left the union, believed individuals rebelled, not the whole state.

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what was lincoln’s 10% plan description

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pardon call confederates who swore an oath of allegiance to the US excluding high ranking officials
once 10% of ppl do this, the state rejoins
form new state govt’s

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what was lincoln 10% plan purpose

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quick and easy return to union, PEACE not punish

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what was radical republican construction plan position toward south

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wanted to destroy political power of former slave owners, assist african-americans and were angry.

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what was radical republican construction plan description

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congress should be in charge of reconstruction
majority of voters must swear oath
full citizenship and voting for ex slaves
divide south into 5 military districts

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what was radical republican construction plan purpose

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punish south and slave owners
empower former slaves

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what was radical republican construction plan also known as

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congressional reconstruction (1865-1877)

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what was president johnson’s plan’s position toward south

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enemy of wealthy southern planters, staunch unionist (confederate who didnt secede), southern democrat

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what was president johnson’s plan’s description

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declare secession illegal, allegiance to union, ratify 13th amendment

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what was president johnson’s plan’s purpose

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-support state rights and not a strong federal gov,
-states can have some say in a-american voting,
-keep white men in control of south, doesn’t protect a-americans

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why did radical republicans want to impeach johnson

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he wasnt carrying out his constiutional obligation to enforce the reconstruction act

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what was the tenure of office act

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an act that stated the president couldn’t remove cabinet officers during the term of the president by whom they have been appointed.

29
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what was andrew johnson charged of violating

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tenure of office act

30
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what was the outcome of johnson’s impeachment trial

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the senate didnt find him guilty; he was impeached not removed; message sent to johnson, stay out of congress way

31
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what party was grant apart of

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republican

32
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who did southern african american men vote for in the 1868 election

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grant

33
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when did radical reconstruction end

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in 1877 when federal troops were removed from southern states

34
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what were the black codes

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discriminatory laws that kept a-americans in a submissive place in society. are state laws. any amt of black blood made u black

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how did black codes limit rights of a-americans

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black ppl couldnt carry weapons, marry whites, buy/sell liquor

black people needed to be employed by white ppl and couldnt buy or rent in certain areasw

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what is the KKK

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ku klux klan. vigilante group that used violence and intimidation to attempt to retore white supremacy.
wanted to destroy republican party

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what did the ku klux clan do to limit rights of a-americans

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burnt black churches, hang people, intimidated black voters with guns, destroy places trying to help black people, evade the ku klux klan act that sought to shut them down (passed in 1871)

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what were poll taxes

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a tax u had to pay to vote

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how did poll taxes limit rights of a-americans

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a-Americans couldn’t afford to vote, and denied right to vote
southern democrats were afraid they’d be voted out of power b/c of too many black people voting for republicans.
barriers to voting

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what were literacy tests

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written tests you had to pass in order to vote

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how did literacy tests limit the rights of a-americans

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black people were given near impossible tests to suppress them

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what were grandfather clauses

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a law allowing men who failed the literacy test and not paying the poll tax to vote if their father/grandfather voted before 1865

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how did grandfather clauses limit the rights of a-americans

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loophole designed to help poor whites vote, while denying a-Americans the right to vote

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what were jim crow laws

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segregation laws

45
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how did jim crow laws limit rights of a-americans

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separate facilities for white & blacks ex: hospitals, waiting rooms, schools, restaurants, transportation
Plessy v Ferguson creates separate but equal doctrine in America

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what is plessy v ferguson

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a court case that stated is it permissible for separate but equal facilities in America. it essentially allowed Jim segregation laws in America.