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Reconstruction
End of Civil War to Johnson's Impeachment
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8th Grade
09/29/2011

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Term
Lincoln's Reconstruction Plans
Definition
Ten-Percent Plan, 13 Amendment, Second Inaugural Adress
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Johnson's Reconstruction Plans/Views
Definition
Said he was going to be tougher on the south, but he adopted the ten-percent plan. Power to the states, opposed Freedmen's Bureau and did not care about Black Codes. Vetoed Civil Rights Act of 1866
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Radical Republican Plan for Reconstruction
Definition
Wade- Davis(or 51%) plan. They wanted to be tougher on the south. Freedmen's Bureau
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Freedmen's Bureau
Definition
gave food, education, and medical care to the poor and African-Americans
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Main Leaders of the Radical Republicans
Definition
Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner
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Outline four main statements in the last paragraph of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Definition
1. "Malice towards none."
2. "Charity towards."
3. "We are going to bind the nation's wounds."
4. "To do right as God leads me to do the right and see the right."
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13th Amendment
Definition
1865, abolished slavery
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14th Amendment
Definition
1868, anyone born in the US is a citizen
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15th Amendment
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1870, African American men can vote
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Black Codes
Definition
Denied 14th Amendment: no voting, no freedom of speech, prohibited marriage, no guns, could not live in cities, could not go to court, poll tax
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Civil Rights Act of 1866
Definition
Same rights for blacks and whites, made into the 14th Amendment, citizenship for those born in the US
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Reconstruction Acts
Definition
1867, Used to pass 14th, divided south into five military districts (Martial Law), got rid of existing state government and created new ones, Black Code makers and Confederates could vote or run for office, but African American could, made south governments 14th friendly
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1877 dealing with Reconstruction Acts
Definition
Martial Law was ended in the South, Black Code Makers were re-elected
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Definition
1896 Louisiana, Homer Plessy sits in a white train car, he loses court case 8-1, all of jury were former slave owners, Harlan is the one against
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John Marshall Harlan
Definition
former slave owner in Kentucky, had an epiphany and realized that slavery was wrong, known for Plessy vs Ferguson, "The Constitution is color blind."
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Ten Percent Plan
Definition
Ten percent of voters excluding former slaves, women, and Confederate officials, had to take an oath of loyalty and to accept banned slavery
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Wade-Davis Plan
Definition
51% of voters had to take oath of loyalty, Radical Republican Plan
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Article I
Definition
impeachment- bribery, misdemeanors, treason, high crimes
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Article II
Definition
Legislative
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Article III
Definition
Judicial
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Tenure of Office Act
Definition
President could not fire member of Cabinet without Congress's approval, made by the Radical Republican to get Johnson out of office because he hated Stanton who was the Secretary of War
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Impeachment of Johnson
Definition
Johnson breaks Tenure of Office Act and fires Stanton. The House of Representatives investigates and finds him guilty. The Senators decide if he will be expelled from office. Prosecuting attorney: Thaddeus Stevens, Chief Justice: Salmon P. Chase, Johnson had 4 Republicans for defense attorneys. Failed to kick Johnson out by one vote. 7 Republicans voted to save Johnson
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veto
Definition
I forbid
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inter
Definition
within
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intra
Definition
between
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