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| a personal tax to be paid before voting |
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A tenant farmer who gives a share of the crops raised to the landlord in lieu of rent.
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| name given to northern whites who went south to start businesses or to go after political careers during reconstruction |
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| U.S. agency established during Reonstruction to help freed slaves in their transition to freedom. |
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| the laws passed by southern states that stopped the mixing of the races in most aspects of everyday life |
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| What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment accomplish, why was each one important? |
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13 abolished slavery had to be passed because of emancipation proclimation
14 tool to enforce civil-rights
15 barred states from denying right to vote because of race color or previous servitude
these gave all US citizens same political and civil rights |
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| the secret society that scared blacks and their white allies |
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| Describe Radical Reconstruction what important events happened during this period? What important laws and acts were passed? How did reconstruction affect the South? |
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| "hard" form of Reconstruction favored by radical Republicans, imposed military rule southern states who refused to ratify the 14th ammendment threw out their governments, states had to write new constitutions and ratify the 14th public schools, fair voting laws, more women's rights the south had a violent response to it |
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| a pardon, or forgivness, for a group of people |
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| The Ku Klux Klan was created because |
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| some whites who were angry about losing power resorted to violence |
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| said that states could not pass laws that take away a citizens rights |
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| Lincoln's plan for reconstruction inluded |
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broad amnesty for most former Confederates
southern states could organize new governments and elect representatives to congress
southern states had to abolish slavery and ratify the 13th amendment
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| Why did the grandfather clause restrict the voting rights of African Americans, but not the voting rights of whites who could not read or write? |
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| It meant that most white voters did not have to take a literacy test |
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| barred states from denying a person the right to vote because of race, color, or previous servitude |
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| Why was the process of rebuilding the South called Radical Reconstruction? |
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| It was the "hard" reconstruction demanded by some members of congress. |
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| What was the first duty of the Freedman's Bureau? |
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| to provide emergency relief to people displaced by the war |
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| What became the biggest point of conflict during reconstruction? |
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| who would decide on the plan for reconstruction-president Johnson or Radical Republicans |
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| what concept played a major role in denying African Americans their full civil rights? |
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| the concept of seperate but equal |
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| Describe Radical Reconstruction |
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"hard form of reconstruction, favored by radical republicans, imposed military rule on southern states, Southern States had to abolish slavery and ratify 13th ammendment,
congress threw out the governments of all southern states,
14th amendment passed, before states could return to Union they had to write new constitutions, ratify 14th, let African Americans vote, gave blacks same rights as whites
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| Describe Lincoln's plan for reconstruction |
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broad amnesty for most former confederates
southern states could organize new governments and elect representatives to Congress |
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