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Ah1 unit 8 Lesson 2
People, Policies, Practices
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Wade-Davis Bill | Stated that Congress, not the President, was responsible for Reconstruction |
| Republican | One of the two main political parties in the United States, Abraham Lincoln was a member of this party |
| Reconstruction Act of 1867 | Divided former Confederacy into five military districts, required elections in which black males could vote |
| Reconstruction | Political plan to bring the United States back together after the Civil War |
| Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction | Would pardon Confederate states if 10% promised loyalty and would allow Confederate officers to run for political positions after they promised loyalty |
| Ku Klux Klan | Formed to keep blacks from being equal politically, socially, and economically through the use of violence |
| Johnson's plan for Reconstruction | Majority of people had to promise loyalty, did not want Confederate officers to come back into Union |
| Jim Crow laws | Established segregation to keep the races apart |
| Grandfather Clause | Blacks could only vote if their grandfather was a free black and not a slave |
| Freedmen's Bureau | Provided schools to educate blacks and tried to help blacks find jobs |
| Democrat | One of the two main political parties in the United States, Andrew Johnson was a member of this party |
| Congress' plan for Reconstruction | Majority of people had to promise loyalty, did not want Confederate officers running for political positions, military districts would be set up in the South |
| Confederacy | The southern states who seceded from the Union in February 1861 and formed the Confederate States of America |
| Civil Rights Act of 1866 | Established citizenship for black males and guaranteed them equal rights |
| Black Codes | Established to deny blacks rights, like voting |
| Andrew Johnson | Democratic Vice President when Abraham Lincoln was President, became President when President Lincoln was assassinated |
| Abraham Lincoln | A Republican, elected as President of the United States in the election of 1860 |
| 15th Amendment of 1870 | Established the right to vote to all male citizens, including black males, regardless of race or previous condition of servitude |
| 14th Amendment of 1868 | Defined citizenship, established due process, established equal protection under the law |
| Confederate | A word used to describe anything associated with the Southern States making up the Confederacy, for example, "The Confederate Army" or "a Confederate soldier". |
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