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| Radical Reconstruction included... |
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(from 1866-1873)
the passing of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments,
former Confederate states readmitted,
black representatives in office,
Ku Klux Klan formed |
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| "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." |
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| "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State" |
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| "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its |
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| Andrew Johnson was impeached because... |
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| he fired Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, an action that violated the Tenure of Office Act (1867) |
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| Andrew Johnson escaped impeachment//was impeached. |
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| He escaped impeachment by one vote in Congress. |
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| Southern blacks lost virtually all political gains they had made because... |
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| the Compromise of 1877 invited southern democrats to terrorize southern blacks out of office |
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| White Southerners got around the 15th Amendment by... |
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| threatening black voters with violence, requiring voters to take a literacy test, and enacting the poll tax and grandfather clause. |
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| Reconstruction lost support because... |
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| it was too costly and corrupt; it also inspired violence against the black community. |
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| Southern industrial growth was limited because... |
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| southern factories only processed raw materials, which drew considerably less profits than factories that made finished products. |
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| The Election of 1876 is considered the end of Reconstruction due to... |
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| the Election of 1876/Compromise of 1877, which resulted in the expulsion of black voters, and thus all their "rights". |
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| "The North may have won the war, but the South won the peace." |
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| Some historians consider the Reconstruction era to be a continuation of the Civil War; although Congress pushed legislation for black rights all throughout the time period, by its conclusion, Reconstruction proved to be completely fruitless. |
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| Was the South properly reconstructed? |
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| From a public works standpoint, yes. From an ethical standpoint, no. |
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| W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington's essential disagreement |
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| Du Bois pushed for the immediate attainment of social equality, while Washington recognized it to be a gradual process |
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| Du Bois described the idea of ________ as a veil worn by the black individual. |
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| Du Bois believed that blacks accepted white racism on the basis of: |
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| how general society's opinion had affected them, and their general attitude of submission towards the white community. |
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| Booker T. Washington's most famous lines from his speech, appellated the "Atlanta Compromise", regarding a metaphor revolving around a... |
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| hand with five separate fingers, and one overall function. |
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