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Reconstruction
Reconstruction after the American Civil War
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History
12th Grade
01/17/2008

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Charles Sumner
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Radical Republican leader of the Senate during Reconstruction. Had clubfoot.
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Thaddeus Stevens
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Radical Republican leader of the House during Reconstruction. Was sickly
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Lincoln's assasination
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April 1865. Bad for South because he wanted smooth Reconstruction and very lenient policies
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Freedman's Bureau
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Created immediately by the Republicans to ensure blacks had food, shelter, clothing, work skills, and education
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13th amendment
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1865 frees slaves
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Presidential Reconstruction
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pardons to all Southerners who took Oath of Loyalty; none for jefferson, lee, or davis; state could rejoin after 10% of population took oaths, wrote new state constitution, and accepted the 13th-15th amendments; divided south into 5 military districts; delegates to draft constitution must be voted on by southerners
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Andrew Johnson
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not smart; democrat; ran with lincoln to win; sends senators to congress who rejects them and then approved congressional reconstruction
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congressional reconstruction
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south conquered province; curb powers of president
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Force Acts
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outlawed KKK-type activities
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Amnesty Act
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gave most confederate soldiers civil rights
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Tenure of Office Act
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can't fire cabinet member without permission of congress
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