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1. The 'New South'

The presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyNickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported ReconstructionThe Republican Party Nominee and became the 19th president of the United StatesPhrase 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 1900

2. Horace Greeley

The Republican Party Nominee and became the 19th president of the United StatesThe presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyNickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported ReconstructionPhrase 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 1900

3. Scalawags

The presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyThe Republican Party Nominee and became the 19th president of the United StatesPhrase 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 1900Nickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction

4. Rutherford B Hayes

5. Sin Taxes

6. Pocket Veto

7. Carpetbaggers

8. The Radical Republicans' approach to Reconstruction

9. The negative effects of the 'Redemption of the South' on African American communities.

Militia groups intimidated African Americans and poor white Republicans - Various forms of voter fraud, ballot box stuffing, and bribing vote counters - Appealed to racists whites to 'redeem' the South from 'Black Republican Rule' - it was successfulPhrase 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 1900The presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyNickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction

10. Civil Rights Act of 1866

Allowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsPhrase 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 1900The presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyNickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction

11. The Enforcement Acts

Nickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported ReconstructionPhrase 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 19001870 and 1871 laws that made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen's right to voteThe presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican Party

12. The 'Compromise' of 1877

Phrase 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 1900The presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyDemocratic Nominee Samuel Tilden won 184 electoral votes and Republican Nominee Rutherford B. Hayes won 165 electoral votes (Tilden needed one more vote to win the majority). So, Congress appoints Committee of 15 to decide winner. The winner of Rutherford B. Hayes.Nickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction

13. The Proclamation of Amnesty

Nickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported ReconstructionPhrase 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 1900December 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 passThe presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican Party

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

Phrase 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 1900The presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyIt 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 teachersNickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction

15. Black Codes

Southern state legislature passes this which severely limited African Americans' rights - Requirements: had to enter into an annual labor contract - children could no longer accept apprenticeships and would ne beaten/whipped if they did - had to get licenses to work in non-agricultural jobs - could only work specific hours a dayNickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported ReconstructionPhrase 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 1900The presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican Party

16. Ulysses S. Grant

The presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyPhrase 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 1900an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877)Nickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction

17. The policy of sharecropping and how it led to debt peonage and crop liens

Phrase 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 1900Nickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported ReconstructionThe presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyAfrican Americans became tenant farmers for white plantation owners - most tenant farmers became sharecroppers, who paid rent in a share of crops instead of money - Furnishing merchants provided sharecroppers with the supplies they needed on credit, but with high interest rates - Merchants could take some crops from sharecroppers to cover debts (crop liens) - Debt peonage trapped sharecroppers on the land because they didn't have enough money to pay their debts - African Americans are trapped in poor economic circumstances

18. 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 7Nickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported ReconstructionPhrase 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 1900The presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican Party

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

Phrase 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 1900The presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyPresident 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 presidencyNickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstruction

20. Military Reconstruction Act

21. The Whiskey Ring

The presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyPhrase 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 1900Nickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported ReconstructionA scandal in 1875 where the government lost millions of dollars through St. Louis officials and distillers filing false tax reports

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

Nickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported ReconstructionFirst 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 klanPhrase 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 1900The presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican Party

23. Graft

Nickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported Reconstructionthe acquisition of money in dishonest ways, as in bribing a politicianThe presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyPhrase 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 1900

24. Andrew Johnson

Nickname for white southerners who worked with the Republicans and supported ReconstructionBecame 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 TennesseeThe presidential candidate for the Liberal Republican PartyPhrase 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 1900

25. Radical Republicans

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