After the Civil war‚ there was a time called the Reconstruction Period. This was a time where both the North and the South resituated after the war. In the North‚ not much changed after the war. Though while their industry progressed‚ they had lost thousands of men during the war. Also‚ very little property in the North was damaged so returning soldiers could go back to their farms or jobs. On the other hand‚ the South had lost many of their men and their slaves. Though the slaves were filled with
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decide the territory’s future How was this related to the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Buffalo soldiers – name given to African American soldiers by Native Americans Compromise of 1850 – a series of congressional measures that allowed California to become a state‚ settled border disputes between Texas and New Mexico‚ and created the Fugitive Slave Act Dred Scott case – case in which a slave
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were more loyal to the north throughout the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era than to the south. The Freedmen’s Bureau was established to provide help for slaves who were transitioning from their previous enslavement to freedom. The Freedmen’s Bureau had the most impact on the area of education. More than 1‚000 schools were built specifically for black or poor white students. This political cartoon demonstrates the state that white supremacy still existed in. It illustrates the fact
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him. Lincoln had a plan to build up the South and end the hate. He ordered amnesty and that the south be rebuilt. He pardoned‚ with a few exceptions‚ any southerner who would swear allegiance to the Union and the United States Constitution. His plan was to let the Confederate states back into the Legislature‚ but it was not working too well. We will never know how that went because he was assassinated. His idea always was to try to “mend fences” and forgive. The entire civil rights movement was
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added as Lincoln’s running mate in 1864 to sew up the election by attracting War Democrats and the Border States Alexander Stephens - ex confederacy president‚ was indicted for treason but let out as Christmas present. Served in congress. Thaddeus Stevens - the crusty Pennsylvania congressman who led the radical Republicans during Reconstruction William Seward - the Johnson secretary of state responsible in 1876 for their outstanding foreign relations achievement Freedmen’s Bureau - The first kind
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Lincoln’s Ten-Percent Plan: 1863–1865 Events 1863 Lincoln issues Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction 1864 Congress passes Wade-Davis Bill; Lincoln pocket-vetoes it 1865 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse Congress creates Freedmen’s Bureau Lincoln is assassinated; Johnson becomes president Key People Abraham Lincoln - 16th U.S. president; proposed Ten-Percent Plan for Reconstruction in 1863; assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 Andrew Johnson - 17th U.S. president; was
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The Era October 12th‚1868 Ashley Rivera The new Black Code laws made by President Johnson. “Free blacks are only allowed to work as farmers or servants.” Says one of the landowners in the South. Black Codes By Ashley Rivera Slavery is a main problem socially‚ economically‚ and politically and has changed the lives of so many people. It caused so many problems so why not just end
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changes in the world’s history as we may perhaps never realize’” (Swanson 135). The doctor was correct in his statement that Lincoln’s death would have substantial and far-reaching effects. The assassination of the sixteenth president of the United States of America had many negative results that affected people all over the country. Although John Wilkes Booth thought he was helping the South‚ his assassination of President Lincoln brought hardship to the entire nation. The Lincoln assassination
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Fifteenth Constitutional Amendments. (2 or 3 questions). 2. Learn all that the book says about the Reconstruction Act of 1867. (2 or 3 questions). 3. Learn about the new Southern Constitutions that were adopted after the Reconstruction Act of 1867. 4. What does the term‚ “carpetbagger” mean? 5. What was the status of blacks in Southern state legislatures. 6. Learn about Reconstruction from the book. 7. What was sharecropping? 8. What was the Freedmen’s Bureau and what were
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Civil War/Reconstruction Test Matching: In the space provided‚ write the term identified by each description. Choose your answers from the list below. |Fort Sumter Appomattox Courthouse Battle of Antietam Freedman’s Bureau | |Border states Siege of Vicksburg Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant | |Scalawags carpetbaggers Robert E. Lee
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