Unit 5 quiz 2 US History Reconstruction – Flashcards

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Morehouse College
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In 1867, this was founded by a former slave and two ministers as the Augusta Institute and was a higher education for black men in the fields of ministry and education.
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Presidential Reconstruction
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The use of Abraham Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" and Andrew Johnson's policies to allow ex-Confederate states back into the Union; the plan was challenged by those "radicals" in Congress and were not passed under law.
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impeachment
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This term means to bring charges against the president for misconduct in office.
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"Compromise of 1877"
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Agreement between Republicans and Democrats over the Election of 1876; the terms of the agreement allowed the Republicans to gain the presidency and the Democrats secured the removal of federal troops from the South officially ending Reconstruction.
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Fifteenth Amendment
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Change in the United States Constitution which guaranteed voting rights regardless of group identity or previous condition of servitude.
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Carpetbagger
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A negative term used to describe Northerners who moved to Southern states following the end of the Civil War to establish businesses and help freed blacks.
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Thirteenth Amendment
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Change in the United States Constitution which did not prohibit anyone's right to vote due to "previous condition of servitude."
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Scalawag
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A negative term used to describe a Southerner who was sympathetic to northern causes and the Republican Party after the Civil War.
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Freedmen's Bureau
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Federal agency designed to help freed slaves and poor white farmers in the South following the end of the Civil War.
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Fourteenth Amendment
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Change in the United States Constitution which defined citizenship and guaranteed one's right to "equal protection" under the law.
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