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reconstruction
the period after the civil war where they tried to change the economy and society of the south
what needed to be reconstructed
the relationship of the population
lincoln’s plan
10% plan
what did the 10% plan entail?
replace majority rule with loyal rule, pardon all but high ranking military and civilian officers, when 10% of population took oath a southern governments could be recognized, state legislatures had to ban slavery
what happened to the 10% plan
rejected by radical republicans
lincoln’s principal enemies in congress
C. Sumner and T. Stevens
sumner and stevens goals
punish self, republicans dominate politics, protect freedom do they can vote
ironclad oath
oath that you never caught against the north for supported the confederacy
what happened to the wade-davis bill?
vetoed by lincoln
how was johnson’s plan different from lincoln’s
it was too lenient
black codes
limit movement and force them back into labor
principal method white southerners benefited from black codes
labor contracts
freedmen’s bureau
provide services to freed black people and white refugees
freedmen’s bureau was most successful at
education
civil rights act 1866
gave voting writes to african americans
report of the joint committee 1866
congress controls reconstruction
midterm elections 1866
republicans take control of houses
13th amendment
no slavery
14th amendment
citizenship to african americans
15th amendment
voting rights for black males
congressional reconstruction was also callled
military reconstruction
what region was louisiana in
5 with texas
why was johnson impeached
imposed congressional reconstruction
was johnson removed from office
no
why was grant distracted during his administration
scandals
scalawags
southerners that supported reconstruction
carpetbaggers
northernor who comes down to south to profit
freedmen
freed black men
why did scalawags, carpetbaggers, and freedmen come in conflict with southern whites
they controlled politics through voting
sharecropping
give part of crops to landlords
was sharecropping profitable
no
how did the KKK organize themselves
they didn’t
PBS pinch back
first and only black governor of louisiana
enforcement acts
banning large meetings of masked men, feds take over federal elections, allowed too use military against secret organizations
governmental leaders tried to stop the KKK in north carolina by
military and suspend habeus corpus
habeus corpus
hold with charges
what happened to the governor in north carolina
got impeached and removed
samuel j tilden
ran against hayes in 1876 election
who won the popular vote in 1876
tilden
how did hayes become president
back room deal
what did the south gain from hayes becoming president
end of reconstruction
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