Ch 17 – Reconstruction 1863-1877
Politics of Reconstruction
Defeated South
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Costs
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Southern Bitterness
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View of African Americans
Lincolns Plans
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Private Property
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New Governments- 10% plan
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Harsher Alternatives
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Special Field Order 15
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Aid to Emancipated Slaves
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13th Amendment
Andrew Johnson
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History
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View of Conquered South
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Johnsons Policies
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Southern Politics
Radical Republican Vision
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Beliefs
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Remaking Southern Society
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Black Codes
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Distrust of South
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Civil Rights Bill/Freedmens Bureau
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Johnsons Veto
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14th Amendment
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“Waving Bloody Shirt”
Congressional Reconstruction and Impeachment Crisis
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Radical/Moderate Republicans
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Johnsons Power/Conflict with Congress
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Impeachment
Election of 1868
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Violence in South
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15th Amendment
Women’s Suffrage
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Frustration at 14/15
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Links between Afr. Amer. and Women
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Women Goals
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Suffrage Movement
Meaning of Freedom
Moving About
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Testing Freedom
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Family Ties
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Disgruntled Planters
African American Family
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Strengthening of Family Ties
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Marriage/Gender Roles
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Women/Children
African American Churches/Schools
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Schools
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Churches
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Communities
Land/Labor
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Farmers
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Economic Autonomy
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Federal Government
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Labor Arrangements in South
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Money/Share Wage Systems
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Sharecropping System
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Sharecropping/Southern Economy
Origins of African American Politics
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Inclusion
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First Reconstruction Act 1867
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Union League
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Radical Reconstruction
Southern Politics and Society
Southern Republicans
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3 Groups made up Republicans in South
 African Americans
 White Northerners “Carpet Baggers”
 White Southerners “Scalawags”
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Contradictions
Reconstructing the States
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Republican Dominance in South
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State Constitutions
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Republican Governments in South
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Segregation
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Discrimination
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Economics
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Railroads
White Resistance and “Redemption”
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Democrats vs Republicans
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Ku Klux Klan
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Enforcement Acts
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Civil Rights Act of 1875
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Northerners Support Fades
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Democrats re-take control
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Supreme Courts Role
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Challenges to 15th Amendment
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Civil Rights Act 1875
“King Cotton” and the Crop Lien System
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Southern Economy
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Dependence on Cotton
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Sharecroppers/Tenants
Reconstructing the North
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Age of Capital
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North’s Industrial Boom
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Railroads
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Promontory Point
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Western Settlement
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Big Business
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Politics/Politicians
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Other Industries
Election of 1872/Liberal Republicans
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Tweed Ring
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Liberal Republicans
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Opposition to Intervention in South
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1872 Election – Ulysses S. Grant
Depression of 1873
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Causes
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Human toll
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Violence
Election of 1876
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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No Winner
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Electoral Commission
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Regression of Southern Policies