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AP US History: Reconstruction#2 Flashcards

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5361670915Proclaimation of Amnesty and ReconstructionOffered a full pardon and restoration of white Southerner's property if they swore allegiance0
5361670916Ten Percent PlanOnly required 10% of states' population to swear allegiance to the union, compared to the Radical Republicans' 50%1
5361670917Radical RepublicansExtreme right-wing government faction during the Civil War and through Reconstruction2
5361670918Wade-Davis BillRequired 50% of a states' population to pledge allegiance to the Union and set stronger safeguards on emancipation3
5361670919Merriman Howard"My Lord will enable class to enjoy the sweet boon of freedom"4
5361670920Freedmen's BureauFounded in 1865 by Congress to help former black slaves and poor whites in the aftermath of the Civil War5
5361670921Special Field Order 15Granted 40 acres to freed slaves along the Georgia and South Carolina coast6
5361670922Andrew Johnson17th president, came to office at the end of Civil War, favored quick restoration of the seceded states of the Union7
5361670923Yeoman FarmerA southern farmer who owned a modest farm and a few slaves, middle class of the Pre-War south8
5361670924Johnson's Presidential ReconstructionSouth should help themselves, Af-Am's could not manage themselves and did not deserve the vote, gave over 7000 presidential pardons to Confederate generals9
5361670925Black codesLaws passed by Southern states in 65-66 after the Civil War. Restricted Af-Am's freedoms.10
5361670926Yearly Labor ContractSouthern states often forced former slaves to sign contracts which forced them to work for their "owners" for a year, similar to slavery11
5361670927Thaddeus StevensOne of the leaders of the Radical Republican party from Pennsylvania12
5361670928Charles SumnerAnother leader of Radical Republican party from Massachusetts, leader of antislavery forces in MA,13
5361670929Civil Rights BillFirst U.S. law to define citizenship and to affirm citizens are protected by the law, intended to protect rights of Af-Am's14
5361670930Fourteenth amendmentGranted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.", including freed slaves15
5361670931Reconstruction ActActs passed by Congress which required states to ratify the 14th amendment and form new states constitutions16
5361670932Tenure of Office ActIntended to restrict the power of the president to remove office holders without permission of the Senate17
5361670933Ulysses GrantFought in civil war for North, disabled KKK, became president18
5361670934Fifteenth amendmentBlack males are made voters19
5361670935Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. AnthonyCo-leaders of NWSA and were for pro-suffrage20
5361670936National Woman Suffrage AssociationOpposed 15th21
5361670937American Woman Suffrage AssociationApproved 15th22
5361670938Union LeagueEducated South Af-Am's about civic life, built black schools/churches, represented Af-Am's interests23
5361670939Hiram Revels1st black citizen in U.S. Senate24
5361670940Blanche K. BruceMississippi rep black senator, served full term25
5361670941CarpetbaggersNorthern businessmen/politicians who came to South to work on Reconstruction26
5361670942ScalawagsPro-Union southerners who were accused of plundering South resources27
5361670943KKKExtremist, paramilitary, right wing, secret society, violent, Pro-Protestant and Anglo Saxon28
5361670944Meridian, MSWhere 30 blacks were murdered along with a Republican judge29
5361670945Colfax, LAMassacre between parties, 62-158 dead30
5361670946United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court threw out some of the convictions of those convicted in the Colfax massacre31
5361670947RedeemersWhite democrats, redeem South from corruption32
5361670948Rutherford B. HayesCorrupt Bargain, Republican33
5361670949Samuel TildenRan against Hayes, Democrat34

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