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- The President would appoint the military governers for conquered areas
- Amnesty to all southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the Union
- When 10% of the states voters took the oath of loyalty, then the state could reorganize the state government
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- President will nominate the military governer
- Grant amnesty to all Confederates whose value was less than $20,000
- Call a constitutional convention and ratify the 13th amendament
- 50% of voters needed to take the oath of loyalty in order to reorganize the state government
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| What did the Wade-Davis Bill do? |
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- President would appoint military governers
- Majority of men had to take the oath of loyalty
- State would be responsible for war debts
- All former Confederates would be diengranchised
- Lincoln used a pocket veto on this bill
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| What is the Freedom's Bureau? |
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| Made to educate and find jobs and healthcare fo the former slaves |
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| What are the Black Codes? |
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| Laws that would restrict the freedom of former slaves |
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| What were the Radical Republicans? |
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| People who wanted to punish the South for causing the Civil War |
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| Explain Johnson's Impeachment. |
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- House brought forth charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors"
- Senate acts as the jury
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is the presiding officer
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| List and explain the scandals in Grant's Administration. |
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- Credit Mobilier Scandal = scandal involving the building of the transcontinental railroad
- Jay Gould = tried to own the majority of gold in the US
- Whiskey Ring = where government officials stole millions of dollars in whiskey taxes
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| What are the Forgotten Presidents? |
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| The Presidents who were viewed as "caretakers" not leaders |
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| Explain Garfields' Assassination. |
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- Assassinated by a disappointed office seeker named Charles Guto
- Death leads to the Civil Service Reform
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| Who was Grover Cleveland? |
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| Only president to serve 2 non-conservative terms. |
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| Guy who owned almost all the railroads. |
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- Nickname was the Steel Giant
- Owned the majority of steel
- Believed in vertical intergration
- Wrote the Gospel of Wealth
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- Owned the Standard Oil Company
- 1st billionaire in America
- Believed in the horizontal integration
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| What is horizontal integration? |
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| Where you own all of 1 step in the production process. |
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| What is vertical integration? |
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| When you own all the steps in the making of a product. |
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| Northerners who tried to find economic gain during the construction of the South. |
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| Southerners who joined with the Republicans in running the South. |
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| What is the 13th amendament? |
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| What is the 14th amendament? |
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| What are the Jim Crow Laws? |
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| Laws that allowed for segregation (seperation of the races) |
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| What is the Redeemer's Rule? |
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| Process of giving control of the South to the white southerners. |
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| Agricultural system that took the place of slavery in the South. |
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| What is the Cross of Gold? |
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- One of the greatest speeches in American history
- Given by William Jennings Bryan
- The speech was against the gold standard
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