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

Allowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsAfrican 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 circumstancesIt 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 teachersSecretary 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.

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

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.African 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 circumstancesIt 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 teachersAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rights

3. Civil Rights Act of 1866

African 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 circumstancesAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsSecretary 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.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 teachers

4. Edwin M. Stanton

Allowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsIt 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 teachersSecretary 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.African 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

5. 15th Amendment

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 teachersAfrican 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 circumstancesAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rights(March 1870) Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

6. Johnson's approach to Reconstruction

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 teachersAfrican 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 circumstancesAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsMay 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. William Belknap

African 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 circumstancesGrant'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.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 teachersAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rights

8. Linclon's approach to Reconstruction

African 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 circumstancesDecember 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 governmentIt 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 teachersAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rights

9. Carpetbaggers

African 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 circumstancesNortherners who moved down South after the Civil War - got the nickname for bringing suitcases made of carpet fabricAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsIt 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 teachers

10. The Enforcement Acts

African 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 circumstancesIt 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 teachersAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rights1870 and 1871 laws that made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen's right to vote

11. Samuel Tilden

Allowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsThe Democratic Party Nominee for 1876 and narrowly losesIt 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 teachersAfrican 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

12. Andrew Johnson

Allowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsIt 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 teachersAfrican 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 circumstancesBecame 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 Tennessee

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

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 teachersRepealed 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 graftAfrican 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 circumstancesAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rights

14. Debt Peonage

Allowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsAfrican 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 circumstancestrapped 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 laborIt 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 teachers

15. Sin Taxes

16. Horace Greeley

Allowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsThe 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 teachersAfrican 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

17. Hiram Revels

African 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 circumstancesIt 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 teachersThe first African American in the SenateAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rights

18. The Panic of 1873

African 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 circumstancesAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsIt 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 teachersA severe economic crisis during Grant's second term

19. Joseph Rainey

The first African American in the House of RepresentativesAfrican 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 circumstancesIt 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 teachersAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rights

20. Tenure of Office Act

Allowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsAfrican 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 circumstancesRequired the Senate to approve the removal of government officials, including the Secretary of War, whose appointment required the Senates's consentIt 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 teachers

21. Black Republicanism

A slur used (often by Democrats) to describe white Republican politicians who were proponents of black equality - southerners claimed this ruled the southAfrican 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 circumstancesIt 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 teachersAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rights

22. Impeachment

Allowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsIt 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 teachersA formal document charging a public official with misconduct in officeAfrican 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

23. The Radical Republicans' approach to Reconstruction

African 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 circumstancesAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsIt 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 teachersprevent leaders of the Confederacy from returning to power'- make the Republican Party a powerful institution in the South - guarantee African Americans the right to vote

24. Liberal Republicans

Allowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsThey 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 GreeleyAfrican 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 circumstancesIt 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 teachers

25. Graft

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 teachersAllowed African Americans to own property and be treated equally in court. The federal government could sue people who violated these rightsthe acquisition of money in dishonest ways, as in bribing a politicianAfrican 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

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