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history test feb 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| black codes | Discriminatory laws that severely restricted African Americans’ lives |
| impeach | to press charges against a public official for wrongdoing |
| carpetbaggers | northerners who came to the south to help enslaved people, seek government positions, or buy land. |
| sharecropping | when landowners divided their land and gave each worker a few acres to tend to (½ of profit) |
| panic of 1873 | resulted in a 5 year depression which ended reconstruction |
| Reconstruction Act of 1867 | gets rid of the confederacy |
| Freedmen’s Bureau Act | helped give social services, medical care, and education to former enslaved people and poor white citizens |
| 15th amendment | Gave everyone the same voting rights. If guilty of violating this, you could lose your seat in congress. |
| 14th amendment | made former enslaved people full citizens of the united states |
| Why did the Radical Republicans want to impeach Andrew Johnson | The radical republicans because he was charged with misconduct of office for firing lincoln's secretary of war, stanton, they claimed this violated the tenure of office act. |
| What led to the growth of the southern economy after the Civil War? | Industrialization and the increase of commerce. |
| What did African American land ownership look like during Reconstruction? | Shermans promise (40 acres + mule) . 1866 free slaves were given land that made money. Wealthy African Americans tried to buy land but many were rejected |
| Describe in detail the system of sharecropping | Landowners divided their land and each worker had a part to tend to. Workers were in debt because they had to pay their rent for the land and half of their profit went to the landowner. |
| How did the change in northern support for Reconstruction affect the Republicans? | The northerners lost interest and republican leaders died, this made reoublicans step away. |