Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Hayes
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| Withdrew the last federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction | Rutherford B. Hayes
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| Amendment which ended slavery | 13th
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| Amendment which allowed African American men to vote | 15th
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| Amendment which made African Americans citizens | 14th
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| Law divided the Southern states into five military districts | Reconstruction Acts of 1867
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| Laws which took away the rights of blacks in the South during the Reconstruction Era | Black Codes
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| Number of votes needed to elect a president in the Electoral College | majority--one over half
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| System which allowed a president to appoint to office his most loyal supporters | Spoils System
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| System in which the best qualified people are placed in appointed offices | Merit System
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| President who first used the Merit System | Rutherford B. Hayes
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| Connected the east and the west in 1869 | transcontinental railroad
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| House of Congress which impeaches a president | House of Representatives
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| Meaning of to impeach | To bring charges against
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| House of Congress which tries a president after he is impeached--they determine guilt or innocence | Senate
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| Two American presidents who have been impeached==neither were found guilty | Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton
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| How electoral votes are determined for each state | Equal to the total number of senators and representatives a state has
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| Least number of electoral votes per state | Three
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| All presidents between 1861 and 1881 belonged to this political party | Republican Party
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| Invented the telephone | Alexander Graham Bell
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| Purchased Alaska from Russia | Secretary of State William Seward
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| What the United States paid for Alaska | $7,200,000
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| Invented the light bulb | Thomas Edison
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| Founded the Knights of Labor | Uriah Stephens
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| The United States' first labor union | Knights of Labor
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| Organized the Grange | Oliver H. Kelly
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| Organization which helped teach farmers new agricultural methods | The Grange
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| Proposed the 10% Plan | Abraham Lincoln
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| The Electoral Commission's decision allowed him to win the Election of 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes
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| Won the presidency by one vote | Rutherford B. Hayes
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| Was saved from being kicked out of the presidency by one vote | Andrew Johnson
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| A split in the Republican Party helped him win the 1860 Election | Abraham Lincoln
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| Reconstruction president who served two full terms | Ulysses S. Grant
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| 1872 Democratic candidate who died before Electoral College met | Horace Greeley
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