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36 Cards in this Set
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What happened to the confederate generals accused of treason?
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All were pardoned by Jefferson, except for Davis who served jail time.
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What happened to Southern cities?
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Everything kind of shut down, factoires closed, banks closed, and the South lost tons of money.
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Did all slaves become free right away?
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No some kept loyal to their masters or when the attempted to gain freedom were stopped by Southern whites.
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Whoe were the "Exodusters?"
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25,000 blacks that attempted to move to Kansas to start their own community, but were stopped by steamboat captains who refused to take more blacks across the Mississippi river
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What became a central focus in black communities?
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Church
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What created Bureau provided food, medical care, clothing and education to freed black men and white refugees?
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The Freedman's Bureau
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Who was the head of the Freedman's Bureau?
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Oliver O. Howard
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Why was Johnson considered a carpet bagger?
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Because at age 17 he moved to Tennessee to become a politician.
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Why did Lincoln ask Johnson to be his VP and join the Union party?
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He thought Johnson would attract war-Democrats and others that like prosouthern elements
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What was Lincolns 10% plan?
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said that Southern states could reintergrated into the Union if 10% of the voters took an oath saying that they would follow the emancipation act
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What was the Wade-Davis bill?
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Bill that was created by Congress that required 50% of the states' voters to take an oath of allegiance to insure higher safeguards for emancipation.
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Why were people upset by the Wade-Davis bill?
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Thought that since states had left the Union they had forfeited all their rights and did not deserve to get them back.
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Who led the radicals in the South?
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Charles Sumner
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Who was the radical House leader that represented Blacks in court cases in the South?
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Thaddeus Stevens
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Who was the head of the Joint (House-Senate) Committee of Reconstruction?
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Thaddeus Stevens
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What act divided the South into five military divisions so the generals could help to ratify the 14th Amendement?
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The Reconstruction act of 1867
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Who agreed with Lincoln that the seceded states never offical left the Union?
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Johnson
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Which laws were set to regulate the affairs of the emancipated blacks?
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The Black Codes
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Who had the harshes Black codes? Who had the most lenient?
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Harsh= Mississippi
Lenient= Georgia |
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What was one right that the blacks recieved?
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Right to marry
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What were some laws that were still restricted from Blacks?
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Could not serve on a jury and were not allowed to rent or lease land.
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Why did the South have anyone to represent them?
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All of their leaders were in jail or had been pardoned because they had followed the ideas of the Confederacy.
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Who were the "whitewashed rebels?"
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The pre-Civil War represntatives that came back into the House and Senate.
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Why did Congress and Johnson disagree?
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He would veto all bills that would help move the country foward. All of Congress' black rights bill were shut down by Johnson.
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Why was Congress afraid of South power?
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They didn't want the South to control congress because they could revoke some of the Black's rights bills.
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Who advised the South to reject the 14th Amendment?
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Pres. Johnson
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What did the 14th amendment entitle?
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All Blacks were citizens
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What was the point of the electorate in the South that voted the Southern states back into the Union on resonable terms?
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Put the federal governement out of the direct responsibility for protection against black rights
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Why were the radical Republicans worried about the reinstatement of the Confederacy?
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Thought that once the South were states again they would change their state constitutions to withdraw the ballot from Blacks.
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What court case decided that military tribunals could not try civilians, even during war time, where the civil courts were open?
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Ex parte Milligan
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How did the Woman's Loyal League obtain rights for the Blacks?
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They collected signatures on positions and led protests.
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What upset women of this time period?
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That the 14th Amendment neglected to mention that gender doesn't matter in voting and that women shold have the right to vote.
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How many years later did women get the right to vote?
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50
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How did Blacks obtain the right to vote?
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They had to be qualified through education, property ownership, of military service.
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Before the 15th Amendment, why were Republicans considered hypocritical?
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They only allowed certain Blacks to vote.
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What was the Union Leagle?
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A group started by Blacks to educate them in certain political areas to understand what was happening.
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