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- group of people that wanted harsh punishments for the south
- an organization whose main goal was to keep blacks from voting
- the time period after reconstruction in which racism and segregation was openly accepted by whites in America
- set up to help the newly freed African Americans find jobs, ect
- this act divided the south into five military districts
- northern republicans who sought political gain in the south
- this group wanted harsh punishments for the south and protection for the rights of freedmen
- laws designed to keep blacks in a condition of semi-slavery
- johnson's reconstruction plan included a/an blank to get the southern states back.
- in 1896, the supreme court ruled on the issue of segregation in the case of:
- lincoln didnt want to punish the south
- a southern who turned republican for economic and political gain after the war
- an act passed by congress guaranteeing citizenship to blacks
- a system in which a landowner provided the tools/supplies for farming in exchange for 2/3rds the crop
- a system where landowners rent out a portion of their land is called
- four million slaves were set free at the end of the civil war
- this amendment stated that all American citizens had equal protection under the law
- the black codes applied only to low class citizens
- After Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, what was the first state to secede from the Union and with 6 additional states formed the Confederate States of America
- T/F? John D. Rockefeller was able to sell oil to customers at lower prices than his competitors through discounted rates; he demanded railroad companies allow him to ship vast amounts of oil at a lower price than normal, and they agreed.