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- After the civil war the country had to do the following three:
- The years from ________ are known as Reconstruction, and that is the time when the country tried to achieve those goals.
- ______ __________, who became president after Lincoln's assassination, wanted to be lenient with the defeated Confederate States; he was not very sympathetic to the Freedmen.
- ________ __________ were members of Congress who wanted to weaken the Confederate States and protect the rights of the Freedmen.
- __________ of Massachusetts and ____________ of Pennsylvania were strong advocates for the Freedmen and leading Radical Republicans.
- At first, moderate Republicans did not go along with the Radicals, but when the defeated southern states elected ________ to represent them in Washington, DC they felt something needed to be done.
- Also, violence against the Freedmen and the creation of ______ ______ in the South also made Republicans take stronger action.
- The ____ __________ ______said that if a percentage of citizens in the former Confederate States swore oaths of loyalty, the state could readmitted to the union.
- With ___________ ______________ the defeated Confederate States were divided into regions and placed under the control of generals; Federalist troops were stationed in the South, and one of their jobs was to protect the Freedmen from racial violence.
- President Johnson was _________, but was not removed from office; he disagreed with Congress's plan for Reconstruction.
- Because Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and Republicans led Reconstruction, __________ ____________ were loyal to the Republican Party during Reconstruction and for decades thereafter.
- White Southerners who hated Reconstruction and the efforts to give rights to the Freedmen were loyal to the ________________ __________.
- ____________ were Southern whites who supported the Republican Party because they wanted to improve their economic position; they are not concerned about rights for the Freedmen.
- People from the North who went to the reality after the Civil War were called _____________; some went to get rich, other went to help the people in the region, and they vote Republican.
- During Reconstruction the ___ _____________ was ratified; it abolished slavery in the entire country.
- The ____ _____________ was also ratified during Reconstruction; it defined rights of citizenship that would apply to all Americans.
- The ____ _____________ was ratified; it gave black men the right to vote.
- The _______________ _________ was set up to help the former slaves transition to their new lives as free people; it provided food, housing, and medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance to blacks and poor whites.
- During Reconstruction, African Americans established ____________ that would become a key part of their communities.
- Historically black universities and colleges were established during Reconstruction; ____, ____, and ____ are some of the most well-known ones.
- _________ ________ from Mississippi was the first black man elected to the US Senate.
- _____ __________ served as lieutenant-governor and governor in Louisiana; he held a variety of political offices.
- Black voters helped the Republican _________ ___________ win the 1868 election, and that encouraged Republicans to support the 15th Amendment.
- Twenty-one African Americans served in the ___ __________ during Reconstruction, and blacks held offices in state governments.
- However groups like the ______ used violence and terror to keep blacks from taking part in political process.
- The ____ _________ _____ gave the right to vote back to many former Confederates, and they would give support to the Democratic Party in the Southern States.
- Also, members of the _______________ _______ began to turn away from Reconstruction when black votes were no longer important for them in national elections.
- In 1872, the __________ _______ was allowed to expire.
- Then in 1876, the _____________ _____________ was disputed.
- _________________ _________ was the Republican candidate in the 1876 election.
- ________ _______ was the Democratic candidate in the 1876 election.
- The 1876 Presidential race was awarded to _________________ __________ by a special Congressional committee.
- So that Democrats would not challenge his election, Hayes promised to ________________________________________; this is known in history as the HAYES BARGAIN.
- Gradually, ______________ ____________ would takes control of the governments in the Southern States; they called themselves ___________.
- Southern States would take rights from blacks, especially the right to _____.
- A system of racial segregation called _____ ________ would be established in the South; it was hard on _________ _________________.
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