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% of union soldiers for lincoln
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70%
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amt. of deaths in 1864
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50,000
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(1864) states that don't vote Lincoln
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NJ, KY, DA
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amend. Abolishing slavery
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13th
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14th amend.
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gives citizenship to all male citizens born in US, equal rights; rep in congress based on # of people who can vote
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15th amend.
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full suffrage to all men
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leads march to Savannah
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Sherman
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where Lee surrenders
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Appomattox Courthouse
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amt. of south. Pop dea after war
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1/4
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amt. of livestock dead in south
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1/3
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Banks Plan (LA Territ)
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$3 per month/10% of crop; slaves often work for old masters
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10% Plan
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10% of free men in confed. states must pledge alleg. To union; then they create const. convention; must abolish slavery; blacks not addressed; high ranking confeds cannot take oath
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examples of radical republicans
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Stevens, Sumner
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Wade-Davis Bill (July 1864)
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majority (not 10%) need to swear oath; blacks have civil and leagal rights; blacks can't vote
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freedmen actions
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former slaves marry; separate from white churches; black churches become community's center, minister become politicians; blacks learn to read; benevolent society springs up
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Sherman's Field Order #15
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slaves sent to Sea Islands to live (400,000 acres)
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black codes
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restrict land ownership,
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vagrancy statutes
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allow idle freedment to be jailed
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working contract terms
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1 year long, 1/10 of crop paid; whites can coerece slaves
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freedmen's beareau bill
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gives freedman's bearaeu courts superiority over southern courts
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1856 election
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radical republicans sweep 3/4 of seets in both houses of congress, have leadership
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March 1867 reconstruction plan
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states divided into 5 milt districts (marshal law); new southern govts. Must ratify 14th amend; blacks can vote
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2nd reconstriction act
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military sent to oversee the vote
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amt of freedment registering to vote
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3/4 of a million
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carpet baggers
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middle class reformers, veterans interested in rebuilding the south
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scalawags
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southerners who cooperate w/ new govt, want to step up in soc.
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republican goals for south
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suffrage; black education; repeal black codes
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sharecropping causes
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blacks work less, labor shortage
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sharecropping
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paid 1/3 of crop if suppies paid for; paid 1/2 if supplies not paid for
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sharecropping pros for slaves
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independence, no suprresion by master, stake in profit
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sharecropping cons for slaves
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leads to debt most often
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sharecropping pros for masters
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less expensive b/c no supervision; don’t need to feed them; less risk for owner
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effects of sharecropping
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changes polt. Econ. Of south; changes family dynamic; changes relationship btwn farmer & master; ties region to cotton
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Tenure of Office act (1867)
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pres can't remove any official who requires congress. Apointment
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Johson impeachement
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impeached, but not convicted b/c congress fear that Wade (radical repub) would become president
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compromise ending reconstruction
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Hayes-Tildon compromise (1877)
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