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Radical Republicans
American potations in the republican party that begun before reconstruction and lasted till reconstruction was over -
Lincoln's reconstruction plan
his plan was to readmit southern states into the union once atlas 10 percent of the voters swore an oath of allegiance to the union -
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three stages of reconstruction
the three stages of reconstruction were three different was America was trying to rebuild the south after the war. Each way was very different, yet they were trying to reach the same goal. -
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Lincoln's reconstruction
Lincoln's reconstruction plan was built to end the war quickly, and to rebuild the south after the war was over. primary document: -
wade davis bill
50 percent of white men had to make a loyalty oath to be reunited back into the union -
special field orders no. 15
confiscation of 400,000 acres that were then split into 40 acre increments that were home to slave families -
Lincoln assassination
president Lincoln was shot in the head by a confederate sympathizer -
Freedmen's Bureau
the freedmen Bureau was created to help freed slaves poor whites and immigrants in the south after the war. -
Black Codes
southern laws created to hold down african americans causing them to work lower paying factory jobs, and to be in debt -
ku klux klan
sought to overthrow the republic in the south by targeting leader of the african americans -
civil rights act of 1866
first US law that went out and said that all citizens are to be treated equal no matter there skin color -
Reconstruction Act
an act made to help southerns transition into the union -
“Great Constitutional Revolution”
a change in the constitution now making the institution not only effect whites, but anyone born in america -
Scalawags
a southerner who not only cooperated with but joined the union often for personal gain. -
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was impeached because he infringed on theconstitutional rights of legal US citizens intern getting him impeached -
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presidential reconstruction
reconstruction plan made by Andrew Johnson to really put down the african americans by giving almost all power the the southerners, and very little power to the freed slaves, almost no power politically. -
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congressional reconstruction
extended the constitution when writing the constitution,the part of the reconstruction was created to help the rights of the african americans -
13th and 15th amendment
the thirteenth amendment abolished slavery, and the fifteenth gave any man the right to vote no matter their skin color or if they ere a slave -
share cropping
a way to keep people as slaves by making them stay in debt to you, and for them to work to pay off their debt -
Enforcement Acts
enforcement acts were created to protect the right of the african americans trying to serve there governmental duties, and it protected there government right like right to vote serve on a jury and receive equal protection by laws -
Slaughterhouse Cases
this case brought to light the 13th amendment when butchers argued the new law would only allowed one slaughterhouse in new orleans to run, and that would take away his right to practice there trade and earn money for then and there family -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
this act protected newly freed slaves by bringing to light that they shall not be discriminated based on there race or birthplace. this was enforced because many african americans were treated poorly -
Bargain of 1877
an informal deal that resulted in the last union fighters being pulled out of the south, which also resulted in the end of the reconstruction period
