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Which president took office because of a deal between the Democrats & Republicans?
Rutherford B. Hayes
What was Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan called?
Ten-Percent Plan
When Andrew Johnson fired this man, he was impeached. What was his name?
Edwin Stanton
This president has great difficulties in office due to scandals. Who was he?
Ulysses S. Grant
This general promised slaves would receive 40 acres and a mule after the war. Who was he?
William T. Sherman
What was the name of the editor who ran against Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 for president?
Horace Greeley
Who was the first U.S. Senator?
Hiram Revels
Who was the leader of the Radical Republicans?
Thaddeus Stevens
Who took over the U.S. government in 1867?
Radical Republicans
What was sharecropping?
System where landowners leased land to farmworkers in return for a portion of their crops
What was tenant farming?
Renting land from landowners for cash
How many electoral votes did Samuel H. Tilden fall short of in the 1876 election?
one
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Democrats let Hayes become president and Republicans agreed to withdraw troops from the South
What ended Reconstruction in the South in 1877?
the Compromise of 1877
Who controlled every Southern state government after the 1876 elections?
Democrats
What was the power of "home rule" in government?
Democrats ran state governments without the interference of the federal government
