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Coach Null a short history of the us chapter 6 questions

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What did Johnson do to reconstruct the union?
He continued to go thorough with Lincolns plans. He made a provisional government for the remaining southern states and pardoned all the southerners except for the people who help high officers in the Confederate Army.
What were the Black Codes?
laws passed by Southern states to restrict the freedom of African Americans in 1865 and 1866
Know the major proposals towards reconstruction proposed by both Johnson and congress. Make sure to understand what the proposals were meant to accomplish
They made a permanent bureau to help former slaves and southern people have refugee. They helped them keep their rights.
What did the court case against Ex Parte Milligan rule? what impact might this have had?
The court ruled that martial law (army) was unconstitutional where civil courts were in operation.
What were the Force Acts and what were they a reaction to?
A set of acts passed so that people (mostly African American) could not be legally intimidated to not vote or else they could be prosecuted. They also made the military be allowed to protect African american voters from the KKK at the polls.
What does the term Gilded Age mean? What corruption was exposed during it?
Corruption. The corruption exposed was the corruption of the men in congress.
How was the government, in part, responsible for industrialization?
The spread of railroads and the amount of corruption of people listening to lobbyists.
What was the Panic of 1873 and how did Congress react? Include the coinage Act of 73 and the specieresumption act
An economic depression that lasted from 1973 to 1870. Congress released $26 million in greenbacks into the public. Coinage Act- A general revision of the laws relating to the Mint of the United States. ( this caused people to want greenbacks( paper money) more.
Know what happened in the election of 1876
Vote fraudulence, and intimidation results were coming back that both presidents were winning the same state, so congress left it up to a committee which decided that Hayes got the disputed votes, he won and became the president.
What legislation was passed during the Gilded Age to combat corruption?
Civil Service Reform Act
Who were the Grangers and what did they want? Know the ruling in Munn v. Illinois.
A secret society that at first sought to advance the interests of the common farmers. The ruling stayed that railroad companies couldn't change their rates radically with no prior information told before hand.
What were the issues and resolutions in Plessy v. Ferguson?
The Jim Crow laws (racist laws against people of color) and the resolution was upheld since the court said it was fine as long as "equal accommodations existed."
Understand the political battles, new parties formed, and political stances taken during the time period of 1876-1896
Republicans vs democrats, Peoples/ Populist party formed, they wanted free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, secret ballots, and a shorter day for industrial workers. Socialist party, Prohibition ticket.
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