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APUSH Reconstruction
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11th Grade
01/08/2012

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13th amendment
Definition
banned slavery
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14th amendment
Definition
granted citizenship to black people
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15th amendment
Definition
granted the right to vote to black male citizens
Term
impeachment
Definition
to make accusation against or charge the president of the United States
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Freedmen's Bureau
Definition
Tasked with helping Southern whites and blacks transition into newfound black freedom
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sharecropper
Definition
someone works the land for a farmer and gets to keep some of the crops he works
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carpetbagger
Definition
a Northerner in the South after the American Civil War usually seeking private gain under the reconstruction governments
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scalawag
Definition
a white Southerner acting in support of the reconstruction governments after the American Civil War often for private gain
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Ku Klux Klan
Definition
originated as a frat/club in Pulaski, TN. Became a terrorist organization. Clan called to disband by Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest but never actually disbanded.
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Tenure of Office Act
Definition
stated that a president could not remove a cabinet member that had to be approved by the senate. Was indeed a criminal offense.
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Radical Republicans
Definition
Republicans from before the civil war until after reconstruction that strongly opposed slavery and the democratic party. self proclaimed radicals.
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Compromise of 1877
Definition
1) End Reconstruction
2)Build Transcontinental Railroad North|South
3)Fund internal improvements of the South
4)Appoint one democrat to the cabinet
5)President Hayes only serves one term
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Who is Samuel Tilden?
Definition
Democrat in the election of 1876
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Who is Rutherford B Hayes?
Definition
Republican in the Election of 1876
Term
How many electoral votes did Samuel Tilden receive?
Definition
184
Term
How many electoral votes did Rutherford B. Hayes receive?
Definition
165
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When was the reconstruction period?
Definition
1868-1877
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U.S. Grant was elected when?
Definition
1868 and 1872
Term
how many terms did US Grant serve?
Definition
2
Term
when were the two terms that US Grant served?
Definition
1869-1877
Term
how was the KKK handled?
Definition
by military force
Term
Who dealt (crushed) the KKK?
Definition
US Grant
Term
What was wrong with US Grant's administration?
Definition
filled with corruption
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Lincoln's 10% Plan
Definition
-Bans slavery
-States make New Constitution
-10% of people in state swear allegiance to Union
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Congress' 50% Plan
Definition
-Ratify 13th amendment
-Bans Slavery
-50% swear allegiance to union
-States make new constitution
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Andrew Johnson's plan
Definition
-Ratify 13th amendment
-Bans slavery
-10% Swear allegiance to union
-States make a new constitution
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What majority of congress was republican in 1866?
Definition
2/3
Term
Similarities between Johnson and Clinton in their impeachments?
Definition
1)Republican Congress (Democratic Presidents)
2)Both Southern Democrats
3)2 Charges against
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Edmund G. Ross
Definition
Republican voted against the impeachment of Andrew Johnson
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