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Recon 2 Flashcards

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  1. What is Reconstruction and when did it take place?
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The process to put back union and repair the damage in the south. 1865- 1877

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  1. What was the Civil War and when did it take place?
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A war between the union (north) and confederates (south) between 1861-1865

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  1. Who began Reconstruction?
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Radical Republicans

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  1. Give examples of things that needed to be reconstructed?
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Infrastructure, families, political relationships, banking systems, etc.

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  1. Who were the Radical Republicans? What were their beliefs?
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Northerners= racist but didn’t believe in slavery

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  1. Who was the Planter Aristocracy?
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What were their beliefs? Rich white southerners, racist = believed in slavery

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  1. Who were the Freedmen?
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Newly freed slaves

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  1. Who wins the Civil War?
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Rad Republicans = union (north)

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  1. What do they need to justify? How?
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The war through change

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  1. What is their main goal and how does it conflict with the 13th Amendment?
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Main goal = political power. When slaves are freed à increased population in south à more southern reps in congress.

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  1. What is the difference between economic independence and economic opportunity?
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a. Econ. Independence= ability to provide for yourself.

b. Econ Opportunity = chance to do for yourself

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  1. What is not given to the slaves by the RR?
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Land = Econ. Independence

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  1. What is given to the slaves by the RR? How? .
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Econ. Opportunity through the right to vote

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What needed to occur for the main goal of the RR to be reached?

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Blacks needed to vote and vote RR. The RR needed candidates willing to run in the south.

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  1. What was the Reconstruction Act of 1867? .
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Sent military to protect blacks and carpetbaggers

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  1. What is an Amendment?
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A change in the constitution

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  1. Which Amendments are considered to be the Civil War Amendments? When were the written?
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13 14 15

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  1. What does the 13th Amendment do?
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Ended slavery

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  1. What does the 14th Amendment do?
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Defines citizenship and rights of a citizen

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  1. What does section 1 of the 14th Amendment define?
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A citizen and his/her rights

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: a person born in the U.S or someone who has gone through the process of becoming a citizen.

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Citizen

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  1. Which rights were given to all citizens by the 14th Amendment?
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Life, Liberty, and Property

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  1. What does the 14th Amendment prevent states from doing?
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a. Make or enforce laws that abridge the rights of a citizen
b. Deprive someone of the rights without due process or law
c. Deny any person within its jurisdiction equal protection of law

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  1. What right does section 2 of the 14th Amendment do?
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Counts all African Americans within the state as a whole person

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  1. What does section 2 of the 14th Amendment end?
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The 3/5th compromise

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  1. What does section 5 of the 14th Amendment do? Why is it written?
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Gives congress the right to enforce the 14th amendment. Prevent Pres. Johnson (democrat) from stopping progress.

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  1. What does the 15th Amendment do?
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Gives black males the right to vote

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  1. What was the main result of the Compromise of 1877?
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Segregation, black codes, Jim Crow laws

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  1. What happened in the South as the Radical Republican Party weakened?
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They began to with drawl military forces from southern states

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  1. Which three states remained under military control, after the weakening of the RR?
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Florida, S. Carolina, Louisiana

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  1. What were the only three southern states not under democratic control?
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Florida, S. Carolina, Louisiana

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