Reconstruction

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Reconstruction
Civil War Events Leading up to it
Industrialism
Famous People
Railroads the Western Expansion
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What was a common job for freed slaves, in which
they paid up to half of the crop of land, to its
owner?
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Sharecropping.
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What even marks the end of Reconstruction?
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The election of Rutherford B. Hayes as President
in 1876, and the subsequent withdrawal of federal
troops out of the South
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Identify the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th
Amendments (respectively).
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• 13th prohibited slavery
• 14th granted citizenship to all born in America
• 15 protected right to vote

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Identify four important pieces of legislation
that Congress passed over Andrew Johnson's
vetoes, or the significance of the legislation.
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• Civil Rights Act of 1866 (black suffrace)?
• Extended the Freedmen's Bureau
• Military Reconstruction Act (northern generals
  ruling south)?
• Tenure of Office Act (any cabinet member could
  only be fired by Senate)?
• Command of the Army Act (orders from the
  President had to be directed through the head
  general)?

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Identify four differences between Presidential
and Congressional Reconstruction
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• Oath of loyalty required only 10 (instead of
  50)?
• Oath of loyalty was only in regards to future
  loyalty (as opposed to past loyalty)?
• No black suffrage (black suffrage)?
• Held congressional elections in 1866 (refused to
  let them sit in the Capitol)?
• Allowed southern states to rule themselves
  (placed them into five military districts ruled
  by generals)?

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What was the Anaconda Plan?
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• The Anaconda Plan was the northern strategy for
  defeating the South blockade southern ports, and
  occupy the Mississippi River.

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• Identify one advantage of both the North and the
  South as war broke out

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South 1. they were fighting a defensive war2.
they had more of the good officersNorth1.
seven times the amount of railroad track2. 38
times the amount of coal produced3. over 4 times
the amount of free population4. much stronger
navy
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• What was so radical about the Fugitive Slave Act?

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1. jury trials for suspected slaves was denied2.
marshals could commandeer the assistance of
anyone they deemed of help in tracking down
slaves and safehouses3. marshals who did not
arrest suspected slaves would be liable for a
1,000 fine4. people who provided assistance to
runaway slaves were liable to a 1,000 fine and 6
months imprisonment
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Identify two factors demonstrating the Democratic
ascendancy in Washington in the 1850s?
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• 1. Dredd Scott decision made Missouri Compromise
  unconstitutional (because it banned slavery)?
• 2. Kansas-Nebraska Act permitted slavery in those
  territories
• 3. Democratic victories in elections of 1852 and
  1856.
• 4. Missouri Compromise of 1850

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What measure did Lincoln take in late 1862 and
early 1863, to sap the southern war effort? What
did this measure accomplish?
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• He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which
  freed the slaves in rebel territory.

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How much more effective was the cotton gin, than
using manual labor?
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The cotton gin was cut labor costs (for seeding
the cotton) by a factor of 50.
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How much more effective were mechanical looms,
than hand looms?
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Mechanical looms could produce in one day, a
years' worth of labor on a hand loom.
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How much cotton was produced in the South in
1790? in 1810, or 1840?
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In 1790, the South grew only 3,000 bales of
cotton in 1840, it was almost 180,000 by 1860,
the South grew over 3.8 million bales
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Why was Samuel Slater's emigration from Britain
to the USA important?
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He brought in his mind, the plans for a
water-powered spinning machine, which he set upon
building when he came to America.
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Why were many factories built near rivers?
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They used the running water as a power source.
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What politician succeeded a President who had
been assassinated,and was so unpopular with
Congress that he was impeached?
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Andrew Johnson
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What is the name of the man who led a force that
occupied an arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia,
with the intent of arming slaves?
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John Brown
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Who proposed giving the freedmen 40 acres and
100?
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Thaddeus Stevens
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Identify two of the scandals that plagued Grant's
administration.
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• 1. attempt to corner the market on gold
• 2. Credit Mobilier scam (to skim profits from the
  Union Pacific railroad)?
• 3. Secretary of War accepted bribes from traders
  with Indians
• 4. kickbacks with post-office routes and tax
  collection contracts

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What did the three Enforcement Acts during
President Grant's administration accomplish?
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• 1. the first levied penalties on anyone
  infringing on someone else's right to vote
• 2. the second placed elections under the
  supervision of federal marshals
• 3. the third banned Klan activities such as
  wearing disguises, and authorized the President
  to suspend the writ of habeas corpus when dealing
  with armed combinations

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What treaty of 1851 sought to settle the Plains
Indians on reservations, promising cash gifts for
the right of travel through Indian territory?
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• Ft. Laramie Treaty

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How did President Polk's administration affect
the map of the United States?
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His administration saw the extension of the
western border of America from the Louisiana
Territory to the Pacific Ocean the annexation of
Texas and the Southwest, as well as the Oregon
Compromise.
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Why did many Northerners denounce American
participation in the Mexican-American War?
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They saw it as an excuse to extend slavery into
new territories, and to expand the political
power of the slave-owning South.
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What is the reason that the first
trans-continental railroad went along a northerly
route?
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In 1862, when the Pacific Railway Act was passed,
the southern Congressmen had withdrawn, because
their states had seceded
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Identify 3 of the elements of the Compromise of
1850.
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1. admit California as a free state2. allow New
Mexico and Utah territories to enter as slave
states, if they so desired3. abolish the slave
trade in Washington, D.C.4. adopt a strict
fugitive slave act