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Reconstruction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction Era | 1865-1877/ Lincoln started planning for the reconstruction of the South during the Civil War as Union soldiers occupied huge areas of the South/ rebuild and restore state governments/ three new amendments to Constitution approved |
| 13th Amendment | 1865/Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude |
| 14th Amendment | 1868/ citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed/ excluded Native Americans |
| 15th Amendment | 1870/ ALL men the right to vote regardless of race or color/ election of 1872 will be the first time vote |
| Radical Reconstruction | Radical Republicans/ punish southerners/ purposed Wade-Davis Bill/ their efforts would cause Democratic Party to dominate southern politics for 100 years |
| Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan | 1863/ grant amnesty to Southerners but not to leaders/ when 10% of Southern voters pledge loyalty to Union then state could form new gov’t. (Ten-Percent Plan) / must adopt new constitution banning slavery |
| Assassination of Lincoln | April 1865/ Ford’s Theater/ John Wilkes Booth |
| Tenure of Office Act | President may not fire any gov’t officials without Senate’s approval |
| Andrew Johnson | 17th President/ Lincoln’s successor/ sympathized with South/ vetoed Civil Rights Act, but Radical Republicans overwrite his veto/ almost impeached 1868 for violating Tenure of Office Act |
| Edwin Stanton | Secretary of War/ supporter of Radical Reconstruction/ President Johnson released him without permission from Senate violating Tenure of Office Act |
| Ulysses S. Grant | 18th President / war hero/ wins election 1868 defeated Democrat Horatio Seymour. |
| Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan | 1865/ Grant amnesty to most Southerners, but Southern leaders had to ask for it individually = humiliation/ must adopt new constitution banning slavery/ ratify 13th Amendment/ by 1865 10 states rejoined Union except Texas |
| First Reconstruction Act | March 2, 1867/ required legislative branches of former CSA to ratify the 14th Amendment before being readmitted to the Union/ CSA were divided into 5 military districts under the direction of Union military officers/ CSA have to enact new constitutions t |
| Civil Rights Act of 1866 | Granted citizenship to African-Americans/reinforced with passing of 14th Amendment |
| Black Codes | laws passed by southern states to control free men and women/ limited voting rights - must be literate/ slavery in disguise/ violated rights/ reaction to Thirteenth Amendment |
| poll tax | tax a person must pay in order to vote. |
| Jim Crow Laws | Southern laws requiring African-Americans and whites to be segregated in public i.e. bathrooms/ theaters/ water fountains |
| Freedmen’s Bureau | Set up to protect former slaves/ help find jobs and expand education opportunities |
| Ku Klux Klan | Society of former Confederate soldiers/ used terrorism to reduce opportunities for African-Americans |
| Compromise of 1877 | Between Southern Democrats and northern Republicans/ Republican Rutherford B. Hayes chosen president in exchange for federal troops leaving southern states |
| Morrill Act | 1862/ provided land grants to states to build colleges specializing in agriculture and the mechanic arts/ encouraged states to build 1st public college |
| Scalawags | Name given by former Confederates to Southern whites who supported Republican Reconstruction of the South. |
| Carpetbaggers | Northerners Who took advantage of the South/ scams |
| Hiram Rhodes Revels | Minister/ 1st African-American U.S. Senate/ chosen by Mississippi 1870 |
| Homestead Act | 1862/ Sped up western settlement/ granted 160 acres of public land/ homesteaders paid a small fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land |
| Dawes Act | Divided Native Americans’ lands among individual members and disrupted culture |
| sharecropping | system of farming in which a farmer works the land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop. |
| Plessy vs. Ferguson | May 1896/ landmark court cast/ stated segregation legal if "separate but equal" facilities were provided to both whites and blacks/ facilities rarely "equal" |
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