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Civil War Recons.
Post- Civil War Reconstruction of the South
| Vocabulary | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Herem Revels | a black senator from mississippi |
| scalawags | a group of past slave owners against freed blacks(southerner) |
| KKK | a group of whites that took strong actions against the freed blacks |
| Carpetbaggers | northerners that moved south to take advantage of the deminished economy |
| Force acts of 1870-1871 | harsh acts that bore down on the KKK |
| Literacy Tests | unfairly administered test by white to the advantage of whites these test determined if you were allowed to vote or not |
| Tenure of Office acts | required the president to get the senates approval before he could fire an appointee |
| Edwin Stanton | the secretary of war during and after Lincoln's presidency |
| Johnson's Impeachment Trial | saved from impeachment by one vote |
| Benjamin Butler | a house prosecuter |
| Alaska Purchase | 1867 purchased from Russia for 7.2 million dollars |
| Secretary of State Seward | signed the alaska purchase treaty |
| The Solid South | the south always voted in unison for the democrats |
| Freedman's Bureau | welfare program for freed slaves and poor whites |
| Black Codes | regulated the freedoms of the emancipated slaves |
| Andrew Johnson | took over the presidency after Lincoln was assinated |
| Radical Republicans | against Andrew Johnson |
| Lincoln's 10% Plan | a state could be reintegrated if 10% of the registered voters voted in the 1860 elections and took an oath of alligeance |
| Johnson's Plan | agreed with Lincoln's plan |
| Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens | Radical for black equality |
| Civil Rights Bill | gave more freedoms to free blacks |
| 13th Amendment | freed all slaves |
| 14th Amendment | gave equality |
| 15th Amendment | said all males could vote |
| Swing Around The Circle | Johnson's speech tour |