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| Presidential Reconstruction |
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| Refers to the plans laid out by President Abraham Lincoln and carried out by President Andrew Johnson; the purpose of Presidential Reconstruction was to readmit the southern states to the Union as quickly as possible. |
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| Radical Republican Reconstruction |
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| Refers to the more laborious process of rejoining the union that Congress required of the former confederate states; southern states had to reapply for admission to the Union and to take steps to secure the rights of the newly freed slaves. |
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| abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States |
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| defined U.S. citizenship as including all persons born in the United States, including African Americans; guaranteed that no citizen could be deprived of his/her rights without due process |
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| Removed restrictions on voting based on race, color, or ever having been a slave; granted the right to vote to all male U.S. citizens over the age of 21 |
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| helped former slaves solve everyday problems by providing food, clothing, jobs, medicine, and medical-care facilities. |
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| Laws written to control the lives of freed slaves in ways slaveholders had formerly controlled the lives of their slaves. |
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| Founded by 6 veterans of the Confederacy to fight against and resist reconstruction efforts as well as efforts to integrate the South. |
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| The process of formally bringing charges against an elected official such as the President |
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| Andrew Johnson's impeachment |
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| Effort by the Republican congress to remove Johnson for ignoring laws passed to limit his power |
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