RECONSTRUCTION Flashcards

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1
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The president that ended reconstruction

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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What did the freedmen’s bureau do

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Tried to help and educate blacks after the war

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3
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The south made its living after the civil war by

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Growing crops

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4
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What were carpetbeggars

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Northern republicans who moved south

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5
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How did southern states try to weaken reconstruction efforts

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They enacted black codes

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6
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Lincoln’s postwar reconstruction plan was to set a

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Tone of forgiveness

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7
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What were the two states that first gave women the right to vote

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Utah and Wyoming

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8
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Why had slavery disappeared in the north before the war

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It did not fit the economic interests of the north

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9
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The civil war left the south _____

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In ruins

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10
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Despite the passage of several constitutional amendments _______

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African Americans found gaining equal rights difficult

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11
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When reconstruction comes to an end ______

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Few legal and political freedoms were guaranteed to African americans

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12
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The passage of _____ legislation by southern states led to an ________

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Jim Crow
Increase in violations to African Americans rights

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13
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One major result of the reconstruction was that the

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Former confederate states were restored to the union

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14
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What amendment helped ensure civil rights for African Americans

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The 14th

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15
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This amendment gave southern black men the right to _____? The ____ amendment

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Vote
15th

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16
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When president Johnson violated the __________ he was ______ by the house

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Tenure of office act
Impeached

17
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President Andrew Johnson clashed with _______ when he _________

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Congress
Vetoed the bill to extend the freedmen’s bureau

18
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The notion that the southern states were conquered provinces and at the mercy of congress was the view of the

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Radical republicans

19
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Abraham Lincoln wanted to take

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Strong action to maintain the union

20
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Who assasinates Lincoln

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John Wilkes booth

21
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Andrew Johnson freely handed out ______ to southern officials

22
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The reconstruction president ______ was considered to have a ______ administration

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Ulysses S grant
Corrupt

23
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Poll_____,_______tests and the _______ were ways that the southerners kept African Americans from voting even after slavery died

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Taxes
Literacy
Grandfather clause

24
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Compromise of 1877

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Agreement to allow Hayes to be president it ended reconstruction

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Infrastructure
Public property and services a society uses
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Tenant farming
Farmers who rent land
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15th amendment
Gave African American males the right to vote
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Civil liberties
Liberties guaranteed by the constitution
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Four causes of the civil war
Dred Scott decision Uncle toms cabin Slavery States rights
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What did the emancipation proclaimation do
Freed the slaves in the sourh
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What was Lincoln’s main objective for the civil war
To preserve the union
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Who was the famous general for the north
Ulysses s grant
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Who was the famous general for the south
Robert e lee
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What are two advantages the north had that helped them win the war
Bigger population More industrialized
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What two ways the African Americans were helped by reconstruction
13th amendment 14th amendment
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What were three ways the African Americans were oppressed in the south after reconstruction
Poll taxes Literacy test Jim Crow laws
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How did the kkk affect reconstruction in the south
It helped to reverse the reconstruction