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| Northerners who settled in the South who supported Radical Reconstruction |
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| Southerners who supported Radical Reconstruction |
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| The only two black men to serve on the U.S. Senate |
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| Hirem Revels and Blanche Bruce |
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| Group of Republicans who split of from the Radicals |
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| A democrat who fought railroad corruption |
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| The three states who held the 20 deciding electoral votes in the 1876 election |
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| Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana, oregon 1 vote |
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| Body made of 7 democrats, 7 republicans, and 1 independent created by ____ to decide the election of 1876 |
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| Scalawag who was a major Confederate general who thought the best way to bring the economy back together was to go with the Republicans' wishes. |
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| Scalawag who was a major Confederate general who thought the best way to bring the economy back together was to go with the Republicans' wishes. |
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| Governor of New York, democrat candidate for president. Overthrew the Boss Tweed ring. Dilemma : Rutherford Hayes |
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| Opponent of Samuel Tilden during the 1876 election |
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| Wealthy South Carolinian running for Governor who tried the strategy of good will |
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| Interprets Reconstruction as a failure |
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Claude Bowers
Thought they were foolish to ignore Lincoln's gradualist approach
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| Sees Reconstruction as a "splendid failure", mixed experience |
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| W.E.B. Dubois, they weren't ready for it, the nation wasn't. But it was an idealistic attempt. |
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| Sees Reconstruction as a lost opportunity |
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| James McPherson - the distribution of land to freedmen, failed on that one reform. Not sympathetic enough toward the plight of the Negro to provide adequate means by which he could obtain land. |
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| African American politics clubs |
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| Republican clubs, otherwise known as Union Leagues |
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| Only state with majority of one house in legislature |
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| Corruption and Inexperience in Governments |
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| Southern states set up free public education for all children, new laws improved conditions in prisons, passed laws giving African Americans equal civil and political rights |
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| Lacked experience in office, was not sympathetic towards the Radicals, and often depended on advice of others - his cabinet swindled millions of dollars |
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| Corruption in Scalawags, Carpetbaggers, blacks - business leaders thought reconstruction hindered southern economic growth |
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| 1876, who kept Radical governments |
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| Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina |
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