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Late American History
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Undergraduate 1
10/02/2007

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What were the conditions of the South after the Civil War?
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They were destroyed economically, as well as socially.
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How did people in the South feel after the Civil War?
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They still felt that they were right under the Constitution and under the Bible.
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Why did President Johnson veto the Freedman's Bureau?
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Because he felt that it was "unconstitutional," "unnecessary," and "extrajudicial."
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President Johnson's view of the Freedman's Bureau reflected what region of the country?
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The South
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What was the area of greatest success for the Bureau?
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Education
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What is Lincoln's 10% plan?
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In order for a state to be readmitted into the Union, 10% of that state's voters had to take an oath of allegiance to the Union.
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What was the Wade Davis Bill view?
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Radical Republicans in congress wanted harsher, slower peace terms.
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Why was Andrew Johnson put on the ticket in the Election of 1864?
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Because he was vice president to Abraham Lincoln and Abe was assassinated.
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What were the Black Codes used for?
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To control and inhibit the freedom of ex-slaves.
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What was the first Confederate state to be readmitted into the Union?
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Tennessee.
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13th Amendment
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Abolished slavery
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14th amendment
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granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,”
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15th amendment
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granted African American males the right to vote
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What was the Swing Around the Circle?
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A seriocomedy of errors.
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