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included the 10% plan that allowed states to rejoin the union once 10% of the population swore allegiance to the union.
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Required all southern white men to take a loyalty oath to rejoin the union also let blacks vote.
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Seizure of 4000000 acres of land on south coast to be resettled to freed slaves and blacks.
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left the Radical republicans unchecked and progress slowed with the new president.
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assisted blacks after the civil war in ways like providing food, clothing and temporary shelter. Created to “economically and politically empower”
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A zealous party committed to the abolition of slavery and equal rights and treatment of the black population
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Provided rights for freed slaves and blacks. Includes birthright citizenship and voting rights for all men.
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Often used as a slur in the south for southerners who are sympathetic to reconstruction and the radical republicans.
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Gave citizenship to all people born in the United States no matter what race or gender. Was vetoed by President Jackson but passed.
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Limited the rights of American Americans in order to keep them as a cheap workforce. Included things like yearly labor contracts.
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- Laid out the process of rejoining the southern states into the union, this included adding the 14 and 15th amendments
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Andrew Johnson was impeached on 11 counts, most having to do with him firing his secretary of war.
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group of essentially political terrorists against the voting, and natural rights of black Americans. Formed in Tennessee, still around today.
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The union grated black families each 40 acres and even donated some mules in order to help black people get back on track and not be impoverished.
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Three bills passed as criminal acts that were designed to protect the citizenship and voting rights of African Americans.
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Ruled that a slaughterhouse monopoly did not violate the 13 and 14th amendment rights of citizens. This set a dangerous president.
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Protected the natural rights of African Americans by making it illegal to discriminate based off of race in public places such as transportation and resturants. You have to serve everyone.
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an unofficial deal during the election that took union troops out of the south ending the reconstruction era for good.
