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APUSH Chapter 21
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Freedmen's Bureau: | created to support newly freed slaves by giving them clothing, jobs, education, only could continue administrative help and funding. |
| 10 Percent Reconstruction Plan: | Introduced by Lincoln, stated that if 10% of Confederate states voters pledged loyalty to the Union and to honor the emancipation of slavery then they could rejoin the country. |
| Wade-Davis Bill: | passed by congressional republicans in response to the 10% plan that 50% of the state would have to comply, showing difference between radical republicans in congress |
| Black Codes: | laws passed in the South to restrict the right of African Americans especially in labor contracts, angered the North and grew hate for Andrew Jackson leniency. |
| Civil Rights Bill: | passed over Jackson's veto, aimed to counteract the black codes by making freed slaves American citizens and giving them all rights. |
| Fourteenth Amendment: | constitutional amendment that was added to preserve civil rights and make it illegal to take away those rights without due process. |
| Reconstruction Act: | passed by the newly elected congress dividing the South into five military districts and states that the states must ratify the 14th amendment. |
| Fifteenth amendment: | prohibited states from denying citizens the franchise on the account of race. Disappointed feminists because women were not included. |
| Ex Parte Milligan: | Civil war era Supreme Court case stating that military tribunals could not be used to try civilians if civil courts were open. |
| Redeemers: | Southern democrats who wished to reclaim some control from republican regimes. |
| Women's Loyal League: | women's organization aiming to end the civil war and influence congress to prohibit slavery |
| Union League: | reconstruction african american organization who supported newly freed slaves and began building black schools and churches, supported republican party ideals. |
| Scalags: | derogatory term used for pro-union southerners by southern democrats. |
| Carpetbaggers: | pejorative used by southern whites for northern businessmen or politicians that came down to the south to aid in reconstruction. |
| Ku Klux Klan: | an extremist right wing organization who was anti black, foreign, sematic, etc, created during the mid 1800s, revived for a time in the 1920s, many members used violence. |
| Force Acts: | passed following a wave of kkk violence, made it illegal to intimidate or threaten african americans against voting, etc, banned clan membership. |
| Colfax Massacre: | on Easter Sunday a militia of democrats raided a parish in colfax killing 150 freedmen, they were later exonerated by the Supreme court leading to anger and the enforcement of the 14th amendment. |
| Tenure of Office Act:s. | required the president to seek approval from the senate when wanted to remove appointees, Jackson was impeached and almost removed from office by violating thi |
| Seward’s Folly: | popular term of Secretary of State William Seward’s purchase of Alaska from Russia. |
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