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1. Wade-Davis Bill

They were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officials1870 and 1871 laws that made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen's right to vote

2. Carpetbaggers

1870 and 1871 laws that made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen's right to voteThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabric

3. Liberal Republicans

4. The Enforcement Acts

1870 and 1871 laws that made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen's right to voteThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officials

5. The 'New South'

They were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsPhrase coined by Henry Grady to push the South to develop a strong industrial economy- northern finances help to build 40,000 miles of railroad tracks -a thriving steel and iron industry in Birmingham, AL - still remained largely agricultural - only 6% of Southerners worked manufacturing jobs by 1900Northerners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabric

6. Johnson's approach to Reconstruction

August 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyMay 1865 - issued the Proclamation of Amnesty to support/add to Lincoln's original plan - offered to pardon all former citizens of the Confederacy if they took an offer of loyalty to the Union - it excluded former Confederate officials and officers

7. Edwin M. Stanton

Secretary of War appointed by Lincoln. President Andrew Johnson dismissed him in spite of the Tenure of Office Act, and as a result, Congress wanted Johnson's impeachment.August 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabric

8. The Proclamation of Amnesty

August 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsDecember 1863 - offered general amnesty to all southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the US and accepted the Emancipation Proclamation - when 10% of voters had taken this oath, they could organize a new state government - didn't passThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabric

9. Freedmen's Bureau

Northerners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsSherman reserved abandoned plantations from Charleston to Jacksonville for freedman during the March to the Sea - established by Congress to feed and clothe war refugees in South using army supplies - Full name: Bureau of Refugees, Freedman, and Abandoned Lands - helped prevent mass starvation in South and greatly improved education opportunities

10. Tenant Farmers

They were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyFarmer who works land owned by anotherAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabric

11. Freedmen

August 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsEnslaved people who had been freed by the warNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace Greeley

12. Joseph Rainey

The first African American in the House of RepresentativesAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace Greeley

13. The Panic of 1873

A severe economic crisis during Grant's second termNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace Greeley

14. Debt Peonage

trapped sharecroppers on the land because they didn't have enough money to pay their debts - sharecroppers weren't allowed to declare bankruptcy - could be places in to prison or forced laborNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officials

15. Hiram Revels

16. The process of African Americans joining politics, as well as 'Black Republicanism.'

Northerners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace Greeley100's of former slaves served as delegates for the Southern state constitutional convention - African Americans won elections in local offices and in Congress( 14 elected in the House and 2 in the Senate) - Southerners were angry because they claimed that 'Black Republicanism' ruled the SouthAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officials

17. What happened during the Election of 1876, including the Compromise of 1877 and who won the election.

Tilden wins 184 electoral votes and Hayes wins 165 electoral votes. - Tilden was one vote short from winning Congress appoints a Committee of 15 to decide the winner - Congress decides on Hayes with a vote of 8 to 7They were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officials

18. Horace Greeley

Northerners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyThe presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican Party

19. Black Republicanism

They were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricA slur used (often by Democrats) to describe white Republican politicians who were proponents of black equality - southerners claimed this ruled the south

20. The Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Carolina

Northerners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricEach former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace Greeley

21. 15th Amendment

(March 1870) Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitudeAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace Greeley

22. Henry Grady

Journalist from Georgia who coined the phrase 'New South'August 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabric

23. The actual reforms that were made in the South by the Radical Republicans (during Grant's presidency).

Repealed the Black Codes - established state hospitals and institutions for orphans, hearing and visionally impaired, and the mentally ill - rebuilt roads, railways, and bridges - provided funds for the construction of new railroads and industries in the South - established the public school systems - However, some politicians were corrupt and participated in graftAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officialsThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabric

24. What caused the Panic of 1873, as well as the aftermath.

Northerners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyIn 1873, Jay Cooke and Company declared bankruptcy after making a series of bad railroad investments - It led to a panic in the nation's financial community that led many small banks to close and stock market to plummet - Results: thousands of businesses shut down, tens of thousands of Americans unemployed, and Democrats won control of Congress in 1874August 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officials

25. Why the Freedmen's Bureau was established and what they did.

It was established by congress to feed and clothe war refugees in the south using army supplies - helped freedman find work and negotiate contracts with employers - established special courts to deal with worker grievances - worked with northern charities to educate freedman - provided housing for schools and paid teachers - helped establish colleges for training African American teachersNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricThey were concerned that officials were in office to only make money and sell 'influence' and they left after Grant's nomination for a second term. Their presidential nominee was Horace GreeleyAugust 1864 - majority of adult white men in a forme Confederate state swear allegiance to the Union - state holds a Constitutional Convention to create a new state government - abolish slavery, reject all debts the state had acquired as the Confederacy, and remove the right to vote our hold office from former Confederate government officials

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