early steps to reunion
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 was ruined | Explain the economic situation of the North after the Civil War?*** |
| The North | Did the North or the South loose more soldiers in the war? |
| wasn't as much damage | Why was the North able to return to a normal way of life rather quickly after the war?*** |
| econiomic ruin | Describe the condition of the South after the war?*** |
| Horrible | Describe the financial situation of the South after the war?*** |
| labeled them as Freedmen | How did the war change southern society?*** |
| Former slaves | Who were freedmen?*** |
| have an education | What were slaves forbidden to do under slavery? |
| Rebuilding the south | What is Reconstruction?*** |
| the ten percent plan | Describe Lincoln's reconstruction plan?*** |
| a government | What is amnesty? |
| the South | Who did Lincoln offer amnesty to? |
| that they weren't being harsh enough to the south | What did many Republicans think of the ten percent plan? |
| required a majority of white men from each southern state to pledge an oath or loyality to the union | What was the Wade-Davis Bill? |
| He thought it was too harsh | What did Lincoln think of the Wade-Davis bill? |
| Helpped Freedmen get back on their feet | Describe the Freedmen's Bureau?*** |
| Lincoln got shot in the head | What happened on April 14, 1865 just five days after Lees's surrender?*** |
| one of the actors | Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?*** |
| Vice President Johnson | Who took President Abraham Lincoln's place after he was assassination?*** |
| That the majority of southern males sware oath or loyalty to the union | What was Johnson's plan for reconstruction? |
| ban slavery in the nation | What is the 13th Amendment?*** |
| Didnt like it | How did Southern states respond to President Johnson's Reconstruction plan? |
| thought it was too harsh | How did the Congress oppose President Johnson's Reconstruction plan? |
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