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American History Reconstruction (Ch 12)

The Americans Chaper 12 Terms

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Radical Republicanswanted to destroy the political power of former slaveholders
Lincoln10% Plan
JohnsonMajority must swear allegiance
Black Codesdiscriminatory laws in South
Freedman's Bureauhelped reunite African American families
13th Amendmentfreed all slaves
14th Amendmentgave citizenship to those born or naturalized in U.S.
15th Amendmentvoting rights
Amnestyan official power to pardon
Tenure of Office ActPresident cannot remove cabinet members without consent of Congress
ScalawagsSoutherners who supported Radical Republicans
CarpetbaggersNortherners who moved South
KuKluxKlansecret organization. white supremacy
Election of 1876former slave support
Compromise of 1877Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President
Lincoln's assassinJohn Wilkes Booth
Where Lincoln was shotFord's Theatre
Slaughterhouse and Reesehurt civil rights of African Americans
sharecroppinglandowner gets portion of crop in payment
tenant farmingrent land for cash payment
Jim Crow Lawsa series of segregation laws
Plessy vs. Fergusonseparate but equal facilities are legal
Panic of 1873triggered a 5 year depression
Redemptionreturn of Democratic (white) power to South
Hiram Revelsfirst African American Senator
life after slaveryslaves still discriminated against
impeachto formally charge a person with misconduct
Specie Resumption Act of 1875Put the U.S. back on gold standard
Rutherford B. HayesRepublican candidate 1876
Samuel J. TildenDemocrat candidate 1876
Debt Peonagebound laborers into slavery to pay off debt
Chinese exclusion Actbanned entry of Chinese except a limited few
Literacy Testtest required in order to vote
Poll TaxTax required in order to vote
Grandfafther Clauseif grandfather could vote, you could too
Racial etiquetterules and customs regulation relationships betwen blacks and whites
First state to secedeSouth Carolina
KKK founded herePulaski, TN
Klan was associated with this gorupS0uthern Democrats
Daniel Uppomfought against Klan in Arkansas
swallow the dogfor a Confederate to swear allegiance to the Union
Bill BrownlowRadical Republican in TN, Governor, publicist
"Pocket vetoed" by LincolnWade-Davis Bill
Thaddeus StevensCongressional leader for the Radical Republicans


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