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Abe Lincoln
16th Presdient of the US didnt get a single vote down in the south won by electoral college not by majority was not on the ballet in nine states Free soil Free labor and free men Said the slavery reached its territorial limits TERM 2
Andrew Johnson
DEFINITION 2 President after lincolns assaination forgive and forget amensty had a problem with black codes in the country TERM 3
Wade Davis
DEFINITION 3 opposed lincolns 10% rule and though it was too little wanted it to be 50% TERM 4
13th
Amendment
DEFINITION 4 Slavery ends TERM 5
14th
Amendment
DEFINITION 5 Equal Protection and National Citzenship
15th
Amendment
Voting rights for blacks TERM 7
Credit mobilier
DEFINITION 7 brib money that got into Washington to make railroads TERM 8
Freeman's
Bureau
DEFINITION 8 educated blacks with reading and writing BOOKER T TERM 9
KKK
DEFINITION 9 Anti race org against blacks still going on today TERM 10
Reconstruction
DEFINITION 10 Free Man Free Labor Free Soil Homestead Act Tenat Farming
Morril Act
land grant for higher education TERM 17
Teddy Roosevelt
DEFINITION 17 Square Deal Trust Busting Youngest man to become President Panama Canal TERM 18
Trust
Busting
DEFINITION 18 Teddy did it got rid of monopolies within the US Railroads wouldnt charge farmers for transport TERM 19
Sherman Anti Trust Act
DEFINITION 19 stopped monoploies TERM 20
Muckraker
DEFINITION 20 Person who found out inside stories on the goverment
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book in the jungle changed the way people work in factories Book was based on meat production plant TERM 22
Panama Canal
DEFINITION 22 Project headed by Teddy R Connects Both oceans Easier for trade TERM 23
WCTU
DEFINITION 23 Campaigned against drinking Struggle for women rights passage of suffrage TERM 24
Prohibition
DEFINITION 24 banned the sale of intoxicating drinks except for hard cider Women believed in Demon rum TERM 25
Organized Crime
DEFINITION 25 grew during prohibition Al Capone was popular sold beer to people and made a profit
Tea pot dome
scandal
was a oil field owned by the government that was selling some of the oil for a profit
