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1. The Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction Carolina

Farmer who works land owned by anotherTilden 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 7trapped 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 laborEach former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th Amendent

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

Farmer who works land owned by anothertrapped 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 laborEach former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentTilden 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 7

3. Tenant Farmers

Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentTilden 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 7Farmer who works land owned by anothertrapped 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 labor

4. Debt Peonage

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 7Farmer who works land owned by anothertrapped 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 laborEach former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th Amendent

5. 15th Amendment

(March 1870) Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitudeTilden 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 7Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentFarmer who works land owned by another

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

Farmer who works land owned by anotherRepealed 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 graftEach former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentTilden 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 7

7. Rutherford B Hayes

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 7Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentFarmer who works land owned by anotherThe Republican Party Nominee and became the 19th president of the United States

8. Andrew Johnson

Became the 17th president after Lincoln was assassinated - was a democrat even though Lincoln was a Republican - considered a 'hero' in the North by staying in the Senate through the Civil War even though he was from TennesseeFarmer who works land owned by anotherEach former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentTilden 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 7

9. Why Congress wanted to impeach Johnson and the results of Johnson's impeachment trial

Farmer who works land owned by anotherEach former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentTilden 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 7President Johnson fired the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, which went against the Tenure of Office Act- The House of Representatives wanted to impeach Johnson due to his refusal to uphold the Tenure of Office Act - He was saved from impeachment by 1 vote and finished out his presidency

10. Amnesty

Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th Amendenta general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolutionFarmer who works land owned by anotherTilden 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 7

11. Wade-Davis Bill

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 7August 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 officialsFarmer who works land owned by anotherEach former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th Amendent

12. Pocket Veto

Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentFarmer who works land owned by anotheran indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president or a governor by retaining the bill unsigned until it is too late for it to be dealt with during the legislative session.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 7

13. Freedmen's Bureau

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 7Sherman 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 opportunitiesEach former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentFarmer who works land owned by another

14. Carpetbaggers

Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentTilden 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 7Farmer who works land owned by anotherNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabric

15. The aftermath of the Civil War on the Southern economy and infrastructure.

Farmer who works land owned by anothermany Confederate cities were ruined- money was worthless - the value of land fell significantly - couldn't maintain agricultural output due to loss of slave labor - 2/3 of the transportation was ruined - dozens of bridges destroyed - miles of railroads twisted (Sherman's Neckties)Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentTilden 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 7

16. Liberal Republicans

Farmer who works land owned by anotherThey 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 GreeleyTilden 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 7Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th Amendent

17. The 'New South'

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 7Phrase 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 1900Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentFarmer who works land owned by another

18. Linclon's approach to Reconstruction

Farmer who works land owned by anotherTilden 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 7Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentDecember 1863 - offered a 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

19. The Proclamation of Amnesty

Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentTilden 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 7Farmer who works land owned by anotherDecember 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 pass

20. William Belknap

Grant's Secretary of War and was found to have accepted bribes from merchants operating at army posts. He was impeached but resigned before the Senate could try him.Farmer who works land owned by anotherTilden 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 7Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th Amendent

21. Graft

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 7Farmer who works land owned by anotherEach former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th Amendentthe acquisition of money in dishonest ways, as in bribing a politician

22. Joseph Rainey

Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentTilden 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 7The first African American in the House of RepresentativesFarmer who works land owned by another

23. 14th Amendment

Farmer who works land owned by another(June 1866) Grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US and no state can deprive a person of life, liberty, or property without 'due process of law'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 7Each former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th Amendent

24. Each of the Enforcement Acts, as well as the reasons why they were put in place.

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 7First Enforcement Act - made it a crime to interfere with a citizen's right to vote | Second Enforcement Act - put federal elections under the supervision of federal marshals | Third Enforcement Act - known as the Ku Klux Klan Act - outlawed the activities of the klanFarmer who works land owned by anotherEach former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th Amendent

25. Radical Republicans

Farmer who works land owned by anotherPolitical party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after civil war led by Thaddeus StevensEach former Confederate state had to revoke the Ordinance of Succession, reject all war debts, and ratify the 13th AmendentTilden 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 7

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