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Chapter 16
American Republic ch 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Compromised with Radical Republicans in order to maintain a working relationship with Congress | Andrew Johnson |
| Remained in debt year after year | sharecroppers |
| abolished slavery | 13th Amendment |
| kept states from denying blacks the right to vote | 15th Amendment |
| offer of a group pardon to southerners | Amnesty |
| granted citizenship to blacks | 14th Amendment |
| designed to keep freed slaves in subjection and prevent them from exercising their political rights | black codes |
| won the disputed election of 1876 | Rutherford B Hayes |
| refused to leave office as secretary of state | Edwin Stanton |
| leader of Radical Republicans in the House | Thaddeus Stevens |
| impeached in 1868 | Andrew Johnson |
| negotiated the treaty to buy "Florida" | William Seward |
| What bill did Congress pass to keep President Johnson from dismissing Radical Republican presidential appointments | Tenure of Office |
| What 12 year period is usually considered to be the years of Reconstruction | 1865-1877 |
| secret organization arose in the South frighten blacks and discourage them from voting after the Civil War | Ku Klux Klan |
| Johnson's secretary of state | William Seward |
| term used for slaves after the Civil War | freedmen |
| federal relief agency was established to help the freed slaves | freedmen's bureau |
| white southerners who supported radical Reconstruction | scalawags |
| northerners who came south to assist in Reconstruction | carpetbaggers |
| achievements by who in foreign affairs included purchasing Alaska, removing European rule in Mexica, making the Gadsden Purchase | Andrew Johnson |
| Bourbon Reconstruction was characterized by | return of southern democrats to power in government |
| objected to the extension of executive powers during the civil war, treatment of the south as erring brethren, Lincoln's 10% plan | Radical Republicans |
| won presidential election of 1868 | Ulysses S Grant |
| which amendment bar unpardoned confederates from voting or holding office, gave citizenship to blacks, eliminate the 3/5s compromise in the counting of the population | 14 Amendment |
| The presidential election of 1876 | settled by a special electoral commission |
| Reconstruction Act of 1867 | established military rule in the South |
| President that had to deal with political corruption | Ulysses S Grant |
| Know the circumstances of the impeachment found on pages 314-315 | |
| What does solid south mean | ? |
| 6 |