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History Chapter 16
The Union Reconstruced
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09/07/2011

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Jacksonian Democrat
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Represented the people or common man
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Andrew Johnson
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14th President that was one vote away from being fully impeached
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Republican Party
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Party in control during reconstruction. Tried to end slavery
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Abraham Lincoln
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16th President that freed the slaves with the Amancipation Proclamation
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Amnesty
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Pardon, especially for people who committed a crime
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13th Amendment
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Abolished Slavery
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Freedmen's Bureau
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Group that helped freed slaves
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14th Amendment
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Makes blacks full citizens
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Suffrage
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The right to vote
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Edwin Stanton
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His removal of Secretary of War lead to the impeaching of Andrew Johnson
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15th Amendment
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Gave African American men the right to vote
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Carpetbaggers
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Northerners who came south during reconstruction fought for greater government influence
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KKK
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racist "Redemption" group
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3 Reforms
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1. South divided into 5 military districts
2. New constitution that guaranteed black suffrage
3. Ratify the 14th Amendment
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Transcontinental Railroad
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Finished in 1869
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Become president in 1868 who focused on money issues
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National Labor Union
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The first national union focusing on the economy during the Reconstruction
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Compromise of 1877/ Corrupt Bargain
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Democrats will give the electoral votes needed to Hayes if all federal troops are removed from the South.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Ohio Governor who won the presidency after the Compromise of 1877
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Samuel B Tilden
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New York Governor that lost the presidency because of the Compromise of 1877
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