chapter 1 Flashcards
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Reconstruction
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The rebuilding of the south after the civil war; at the end of the war the south was ruined.
2
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Lincoln’s election
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re-elected 1864; 2nd inaugural March ‘65
3
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Lincoln’s view
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-for the north and south to have peace
4
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Who was Lincoln?
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- very loved
- blacks thought of him as “father abraham”
- assassinated by a southern man (look up date)
- people of the north hated the south because of this and the some of the south agreed it was wrong
5
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Captured confederates
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6
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The southern economy
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- devastated and destroyed
- cotton was the souths backbone before the war
- The war destroyed slavery so no one worked in the cotton
- 13th amendment ratified Dec. 1865 forever ending slavery
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Radical reconstruction
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- reconstruction carried republicans in congress punish the south to protect blacks.
- also it was to politically slap Johnson in the face
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Election of 1866
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- congressional election year Johnson goes around saying how awful these republicans, campaigning against them.
- election day comes and it is a huge republican victory so much so, they can do what they want.
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The military reconstruction act
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- gave republicans a way to rule the south into 5 military districts. Those districts were governed by a military governed by military governor.
- ensures the right of southern blacks are protected, mainly right to vote.
- the congress will began to do their own reconstruction carried out through 3 laws.
10
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The 3 laws carried out through the reconstruction act
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-military reconstruction act, command of army, the tenure of office.
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The idea of the military reconstruction act
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- the idea is those military governors will hold power until southern starts to allow blacks the right to vote and ratify the 14th amendment.
- also took away the rights of powerful former confederates, southern whites hated it.
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Why did southern whites hate the military reconstruction act
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- took away rights
- yankee general in charge
- blacks voting
