AMH 2020 Midterm: AMH 2020 Exam 1 study guide
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General amnesty to all who claimed loyalty to the united states. 10% plan: 10% of all voters in each state had to claim loyalty for it to be accepted back into the union and establish government. December 1865: all southern states except for texas are back in the union. Laws designed to restrict the freedoms of black americans. they re-enslaved the freedmen. 1866 freedman"s bureau extension: designed to give relief and aid to people after the war, but didn"t have the resources to help everyone. helped establish 7 universities. became an advocate in court, and helped find people jobs. Southerners who side with political parties for benefits. South is divided into 5 military districts. Tennessee is the only state that already passed the 14th amend. and was the only state already in the union. Give money to the military to appropriate reconstruction. Stanton refuses and locks himself in his office for 3 days,