Dylan Huddleston Chapter 17 Terms Ten Percent Plan- When the number of Confederates reached 10 percent of the number who had voted in the 1860 election‚ this group could establish a legitimate state government. Focused on acceptance by the reconstructed governments of the abolition of slavery. Radical Republicans- Advocated not only equal rights for the freed-men but a tougher stance toward the white south. Wade-Davis Bill- Required 50 percent of a seceding states white male citizens to take
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enough to enact a change and most of the African Americans would vote for white leaders. African American leader would not have enough pull in the electorate‚ but found common ground with other leaders. Carpetbaggers went to the South supporting economic modernizations and civil rights initiatives. Scalawags were desperate ground from the old Whig party‚ loyal yeomen and entrepreneurs. From building schools to social services the government responsibilities went up and so did the
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plunder‚ and vindictive punishment. The South was invaded and controlled during Reconstruction by vengeful Union soldiers‚ opportunistic carpetbaggers‚ and treasonous scalawags. The Yankee carpetbaggers were opportunists who came to the South to get rich in the aftermath of conquest through theft of money‚ land‚ property‚ etc. Their allies were the treasonous scalawags - Southerners who had always favored the Union‚ had opposed secession‚ and in some cases had even taken up arms against their countrymen
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Thursday‚ January 16‚ 2014 Matt TA mondays 10-11 wheeler 102 graduate seminar room Chapter Study Outline [Introduction: Sherman Land] The Meaning of Freedom Blacks and the Meaning of Freedom African-Americans’ understanding of freedom was shaped by their experience as slaves and observation of the free society around them. Blacks relished the opportunity to demonstrate their liberation from the regulations (significant and trivial) associated with slavery. Families in Freedom The family
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Reconstruction DBQ The era of Reconstruction in the 1870s in both the North and South experienced battle for equality for men freed by the 13th Amendment. America was on the brink of recreating the American government‚ showing genuine signs of a better and brighter future for the African American population. Economic and political practices limited the liberties of black men. Vicious hate groups struck fear unto those who supported the integration of freedmen. The political realm during the time
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Reconstruction policies and maintain “white supremacy” by scaring African Americans (“The First Ku Klux Klan”). The Klan quickly spread into most southern states and started its reign of terror on blacks‚ Republicans‚ scalawags (white Southerners who interacted with Northerners)‚ and carpetbaggers (Northerners that moved to the South) (“The First Ku Klux Klan”). Common acts used by the Klan during that time were lynchings‚ whippings‚ rapes‚ and tar-and-featherings (“Ku Klux Klan”). The Klan had a meeting
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Republicans? Identify the two primary leaders of the Radical Republicans. 7. Who was the first President to be impeached? Why was he impeached? 8. Differentiate between sharecropping and tenet farming. 9. What was a scalawag? 10. What was a carpetbagger? 11. What white supremacy groups emerged during Reconstruction? 12. What led to the “collapse of Reconstruction”? 13. What happened in the Compromise of 1877? Industrialism: 1. What three factors played a role in the
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Reconstruction: North and South What were the different approaches to Reconstruction? How did Congress try to reshape southern society? What was the role of African Americans in the postwar south? What were the main issues in national politics in the 1870s? The War’s Aftermath Important questions arose o Should the Confederate leaders be tried for treason? o How should new governments be formed? o How and at whose expense was the South’s economy to be rebuilt? o Should
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Marcus Pando Period 4 Chapter 22 Key Terms Describe and state the historical significance of the following: 7. Freedmen’s Bureau Initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. At the end of the war‚ the Bureau’s main role was providing emergency food‚ housing‚ and medical aid to refugees‚ though it also helped reunite families. Later‚ it focused its work on helping the freedmen adjust to their conditions of freedom. Its
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Lesson 1.01: Geography Lesson 1.02: Set the Stage Lesson 1.03: The Civil War The Big Ideas What were the main differences between the North and South prior to the Civil War? What were the economic causes of the Civil War? What were the political causes of the Civil War? What were the social causes that contributed to the Civil War? What were the economic consequences of the Civil War? What were the political consequences of the Civil War?
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