Reconstruction Act 1867 – Flashcards
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Reconstruction Act of 1867
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-Divided the South into 5 military districts
-States must ratify 14th ammendment
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13th Amendment
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Made slavery legal
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14th Amendment
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Gave African American men full citizenship
Excluded Native Americans
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15th Amendment
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Gave African American men the right to vote
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Panic of 1873- How did it cause economic problems
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Northeners lost interest in the South and Reconstruction due to economic hard times'
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Andrew Johnson
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Violated Tenure of Office Act by firing secretary of war. Impeached
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Freedmans Bureau
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Educated African Americans, distributed food, clothing, and fuel, reunited families separated by war and slavery
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Compromise of 1877
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Ended reconstruction
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What part of the compromise 1877 was NOT kept
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southern democrats would respect the civil rights of African Americans
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Radical Republicans leaders
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Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Summer
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Radical Republicans
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Passed laws granting African Americans full citizenship, proposed 14th amendment, proposed 15th amendment. Felt Lincoln's reconstruction Plan was too soft
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Black Codes
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Southern laws designed to limit AA rights, Jim Crow laws
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Plessy vs Ferguson
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Legalized "Separate-But-Equal" facilities
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radical republicans
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fractions of politicians in congress who wanted extreme change in the south after the civil war
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Johnson's Plan was called
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called "Restoration Plan"
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Johnson's Plan
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Southerners needed to sign "Oath of Loyalty"
Opposed equal rights and voting for AA
States must denounce slavery and abolish slavery
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Dred Scott
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Missouri Compromise and Popular sovereignty were decided to be illegal
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Civil Rights Act 1866
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-Granted full citizenship to AA
-Contradicted Dred Scott Decision
-Overturned Black Codes
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Tenure of Office Act
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Prevented the president from removing government officials including members of his own cabinet
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Amnesty Act
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Pardoned confederates so they could vote in elections
