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| What were Radical Republicans before the Civil War? | they had been abolitionists and had pushed Lincoln into making emancipation a goal of the war |
| Describe the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. | House of Representatives charged him with "high crimes and misdemeanors" in office claiming Johnson had broken the law by refusing to uphold the Tenure of Office Act & for undermining the Reconstruction program by removing four commanders in the Southern military districts who supported Republicans-the Senate tried Johnson but did not convict him(one vote short) |
| What were slaves called after the Civil War? | Freedmen |
| What did Grant's Enforcement Acts want to prevent? | prevent violence in the South: made it a federal crime to interfere with a citizen's right to vote, put federal elections under the supervision of federal marshals, the activities of the Ku Klux Klan were outlawed(Ku Klux Klan act) |
| What was the South's condition after the Civil War? | state of collapse, value of land had fallen, Confederate money was worthless, 2/3 of transportation system in ruins, agricultural system in chaos because slaves had been freed |
| What was Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction? | a moderate plan: offered a general amnesty, or pardon, to all Southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the US, South accept the Unions's proclamation that slaves were free, & when 10% of states voters had taken oath then they could organize a new state government |
| What was the Radical Republican's plan for Reconstruction? | Harsh plan: wanted to prevent the leaders of the Confederacy from returning to power after the war, wanted the Republican Party to become a powerful institution in the South, & wanted the federal government to help African Americans achieve political equality by guaranteeing their right to vote in the South |
| Who did President Johnson believe was responsible for the Civil War? | the rich planter elite(Confederate officers & officials and Confederates who owned property |
