The Civil War & Reconstruction

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Creator of the Presidential Reconstruction plan that was lenient to former Confederate leaders, allowing them to reclaim power and implement black codes in the South. Impeached and nearly removed from the Office of President.

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Andrew Johnson

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Secret society that resorted to violence and terror in order to maintain power; they used verbal threats and violence to intimidate African Americans and prevent them from voting.

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Ku Klux Klan

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System that started as a positive opportunity for African Americans but ended in a situation just like slavery. A white plantation owner rented plots of land to African Americans, loaned them seed and supplies, and the African American worked the land hoping to make enough money to pay off the loan and earn a profit. Instead, they usually ended up in debt and working for free.

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Sharecropping

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This reconstruction amendment officially abolished slavery; all reconstruction plans required that southern states ratify this amendment in order to rejoin the government.

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Thirteenth Amendment

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This reconstruction amendment stated that the right to vote could not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This amendment was designed to protect the right to vote of African Americans, yet southern states found ways around it like poll taxes and literacy tests.

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Fifteenth Amendment

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Why was it important to keep the same amount of slave and free states before the Civil War?

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So power is balanced in government

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Who did the Dred Scott Decision anger?

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North

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In the Civil War, who is the Union?

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North

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In the Civil War, who is the Confederacy?

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South

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Did Lincoln's planned "Presidential Reconstruction" plan on punishing Confederate leaders?

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No