Reconstruction Flashcard

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What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

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To care for and protect southern Blacks after the Civil War

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What was the Ten-Percent Plan?

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Lincoln's plan that allowed a southern state to form a new government after 10 percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States

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What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?

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Abolished slavery

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What was the main idea of presidential reconstruction?

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All states had to end slavery, States had to declare that their secession was illegal, Men had to pledge their loyalty to the U.S.

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What were the black codes?

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Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves

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Who were the Radical Republicans?

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Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after the Civil War

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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 do?

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Granted citizenship to former slaves

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What did the Fourteenth Amendment declare?

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Declared that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens

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What were the black codes?

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Laws enacted to restrict the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.

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What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

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To assist newly freed African Americans and white refugees in the South after the Civil War.