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reconstruction
rebuilding the government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is reconstruction | to rebuild referring to the period 1865-1877 |
| freedmen | formally enslaved people who have been released from slavery usually by legal means historically enslaved people became freedmen |
| who is Thomas Nash | used the three white men to represent the different factions of the Democratic party and how they would destroy the civil rights of African Americans. |
| the union had done what? | may have defeated the Confederacy, but the Democratic Party still had support across the country |
| subverted means | having undermined power and authority of an established system. |
| Radical Republicans | A member of Congress during the Civil War and Reconstruction who wanted to permanently end slavery and guarantee equal rights for African Americans. |
| Wade-Davis Bill | Fifty percent of white males pledge an oath of loyalty and allow black men the right to vote. Denied Confederate soldiers the right to vote. |
| Andrew Johnson | When Lincon got assianted he became the new president he believed that amnesty to white Southerners who pledge loyalty to the United States, Confederate leaders had to directly request a pardon. |
| Black Codes | Black social and economic suppression. |
| Reconstruction Act of 1867 | Divided the former confederate states, expect for Tennessee. Former Confederate states could regain representation in Congress a new constitution. IF a new state constitution, approved by a majority of voters, including Black Americans. |
| 13 amendment | abolishes slavery |
| 14th | Granted citizenship to formerly enslaved males |
| 15 | Granted formerly enslaved males the right to vote. |
| Compromise of 1877 | Southern support for Hayes as president, removal of federal troops from the South, Southerner in cabinet , compromise of 1877 |