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Reconstruction Saul
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wealth in SC during Reconstruction | Poor |
| Lincoln's 10% Plan | Former Confederate states would be allowed back into the Union when 10% of the voters took the oath of allegiance |
| Congress' View on President Lincoln's and President Johnson's Reconstruction Plans | Congress thought their plans were too lenient (not strict enough) |
| Purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau | Provide food, shelter, and education for newly freed slaves |
| Attempt to impeach/convict President Johnson | Impeached for firing Sec of War. Conviction failed by 1 vote in the Senate |
| Sharecropping | a worker lived and worked on the land but had to provide a certain amount of crops to the owner of the land |
| Jobs that many newly freedmen took during Reconstruction | sharecropping |
| Most strict Reconstruction plan | Congressional |
| Plan that took over Reconstruction | Congressional |
| Reconstruction Amendments | 13, 14, and 15 Amendments |
| 13th Amendment | Abolishes slavery |
| 14th Amendment | Citizenship to former slaves |
| 15th Amendment | All male citizens are allowed to vote |
| Carpetbagger | Northerner who comes to the south and holds office as a Republican |
| Scalawag | White southerner who supports the Republican Reconstruction |
| Ends Reconstruction | President Hayes withdraws Federal troops |
| Compromise of 1877 | In order to win the Presidency, President Hayes tells SC he will withdraw federal troops |
| Black Codes | Laws the restricted African Americans |
| Constitution of 1868 | Ratifies the 14th and 15th Amendment in SC and is when African American politics starts to rule SC |
| Wade Hampton | Wins the governor election of 1876 |
| Redeemers or Red Shirts | Democrats that supported Wade Hampton, used violence and intimidation to sway voters |
| Crop Lien System | Loan given to people who did not have to enough crops to give their land owner while sharecropping. Had to pay more of their crops the following season |