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DSST Civil War: Reconstruction
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1. Created to grant citizenship to blacks and it was an attempt to prohibit the black codes; prohibited racial discrimination on jury selection; not really enforced and was really just a political move used to attract more votes. It led to the creation

2. White southerners who cooperated with and served in Reconstruction governments; generally eligible to vote - they were usually considered traitors to their states

3. Set the guidelines for what is a citizen; all persons born or naturalized in the united states are citizens and are protected by the constitution - equal protection - due process - made the bill of rights apply to the states

4. Approved in January 1865. It banned slavery thoughout the nation

5. An act issued in 1867 that forced Andrew Johnson to issue military orders through the general of the army (then Ulysses S. Grant) instead of directly to the south.

6. A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states

7. Served two years in prison for his role in the rebellion.

8. The right to vote.

9. Formal approval - final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution - constitutional amendment - or treaty

10. Refers to a disastrous speaking campaign undertaken by U.S. President Andrew Johnson - in which he tried to gain support for his mild Reconstruction policies and for his preferred candidates (mostly Democrats)

11. 633 - 000

12. Republican Rutherford Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden run for President. Hayes promises to end the Reconstruction and allows Southern staets to establish the black codes. Caused the end of the Reconstruction in 1877

13. Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South - 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general) - 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river

14. April 9 - 1865 - signifying an end to the Civil War

15. Formal accusation by the lower house of a legislature against a public official - the first step in removal from office.

16. Founded in the 1860s in the south; meant to control newly freed slaves through threats and violence;

17. 1. called the Wade- Davis Bill 2. 50% of population swear loyalty for states to rejoin 3. Blacks have equal sufferage - rights - equality 4. states must draft new constitution banning slavery - bill passed both houses of Congress on July 2 - 1864 - b

18. Voting rights; all citizens have the right to vote no matter what - color - race - previous condition of servitude. women could still not vote

19. Sub-division of the fractured democratic party. Consisting of a large portion - the war democrats patriotically supported the Lincoln administration. These democrats did not pose as big a threat to the Union as the Peace Democrats or copperheads.

20. 1866 - enacted by radical congress - forbade president from removing civil officers without senatorial consent - was to prevent Johnson from removing a radical republican from his cabinet

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