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Chapter 10

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William T. Sherman Free African Americans followed his troops through the war. Reserved abandoned land from plantations for African Americans.
Rutherford B. Hayes President in 1876, ended radical reconstruction.
Thaddeus Stevens Radical republican leader who said his followers wanted to revolutionize Southern institutions, habits and manners.
Andrew Johnson President after Lincoln. Pardoned thousands of Southerners.
Edwin M. Stanton Andrew Johnson's secretary of war
Horace Greeley Nominated for president in 1872 by liberal republicans
Ulysses S. Grant Civil war hero. Reputation won him the white house.
Abraham Lincoln Vetoed the Wade Davis Bill
William Belknap Grant’s secretary of war under Grant who excepted Bribes
Samuel Tilden Lost the election in the compromise of 1877
To receive a pardon under Lincoln's Plan. Except that slaves were now free
How did President Johnson challenge the Tenure of Office Act? By firing his secretary of war Stanton
Original goal of the KKK. Drive the Union troops out of the South
sin taxes Taxes on tobacco and alcohol. The poor pays most of these taxes
Panic of 1873 Small banks closed
When did Reconstruction end? When they pulled federal troops out of the South
Ku Klux Klan Secret society that starts in Tennessee by former Confederate soldiers. Rapidly spread throughout the South.
Congressional Reconstruction Plan When Confederate states rejoin the Union
Scalawags who didn't want wealthy planters to regain power. Former owners of small farms
Black Codes Limited the rights of African Americans
Describe the work of the Freedman's Bureau. Provided essential emergency aid, education, legal protection, and labor contract supervision to millions of formerly enslaved people and impoverished whites in the post-Civil War South
Explain how many sharecroppers became trapped on the land after the collapse of Reconstruction. After Reconstruction, millions of Black and poor white farmers in the South were trapped in a cycle of debt peonage through sharecropping. High interest rates, low crop prices and low wages
Assess the requirements established by black codes in the South and speculate about their connection to what would later become the Jim Crow South. restrictive Southern laws designed to limit the freedom of formerly enslaved people, forcing them back into agricultural labor and a state of near-slavery via strict labor contracts, vagrancy laws, and restricted property rights.
Describe the role of churches in African American life during Reconstruction The Black churches were American communities, serving as a spiritual home, social hub, educational center, and political organizing ground, providing leadership, community support, and a space for self-governance free from white control
Why do you think African Americans were excited about politics at this time? political participation was viewed as a direct tool for securing citizenship rights, reversing systemic oppression, and achieving economic equality.
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