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Question: “Lost Cause” myth

Answer: white southerners romanticized Civil War, looked back at the old south nostalgically, Confederate heroes looked at with reverence

Question: 13th Amendment

Answer: abolished slavery in America

Question: Freedman’s Bureau

Answer: agency of the army established by Congress to help blacks. Distributed food, established schools, and made efforts to settle blacks on their own land. Was a small organization, too much so to have too big of an impact

Question: Radical Republicans

Answer: Led by Thaddeus Stevens of PA and Charles Sumner of MA, wanted Confederacy punished. Wished to disenfranchise many white southerners. Established plan for reconstruction. Passed Tenure of Office Act and Command of the Army Act. Tried to have Johnson impeached

Question: Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan

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Question: Wade-Davis Bill

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Question: Andrew Johnson’s Restoration Plan

Answer: offered amnesty to white southerners who would take an oath of allegiance. Otherwise similar to Wade-Davis bill

Question: Black Codes

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Question: Civil Rights Act of 1866

Answer: declared blacks to be citizens of the US and gave the federal govt power to intervene on state affairs to protect the rights of citizens

Question: 14th Amendment

Answer: defined American citizenship. Everyone born in the US and everyone naturalized was a full citizen and entitled to all the privileges guaranteed by the Constitution

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