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    The key goals of Reconstruction were to readmit the South into the Union and to define the status of freedmen in American society. The Reconstruction era was marked by political‚ not violent‚ conflict. Some historical myths are that the South was victimized by Reconstruction‚ and that the various plans of Reconstruction were corrupt and unjust. Actually‚ the plans were quite lenient‚ enforcing military rule for only a short period of time‚ ignoring land reform‚ and granting pardons easily. The task

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    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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    16 Notes Overview of principal Reconstruction proposals and plans: · 1864-65: Lincoln’s 10% plan · 1865: 13th Amendment · 1865-66: Presidential Reconstruction: Johnson’s version of Lincoln’s proposal · 1866-67: Congressional plan: 10% plan with 14th Amendment · 1867-77: Military Reconstruction (Congress): 14th Amendment plus black suffrage that was later established nationwide by the 15th Amendment. · Compromise of 1877: ends Reconstruction. What was Reconstruction? Attempt to achieve

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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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