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When Andrew Johnson fired this man, he was impeached. What was his name?

Edwin Stanton

Who was the first U.S. Senator?

Hiram Revels

What was the name of the editor who ran against Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 for president?

Horace Greeley

Who controlled every Southern state government after the 1876 elections?

Democrats

What was tenant farming?

Renting land from landowners for cash

What was the power of "home rule" in government?

Democrats ran state governments without the interference of the federal government

This general promised slaves would receive 40 acres and a mule after the war. Who was he?

William T. Sherman

Who took over the U.S. government in 1867?

Radical Republicans

How many electoral votes did Samuel H. Tilden fall short of in the 1876 election?

one

This president has great difficulties in office due to scandals. Who was he?

Ulysses S. Grant

What was Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan called?

Ten-Percent Plan

Which president took office because of a deal between the Democrats & Republicans?

Rutherford B. Hayes

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 was the leader of the Radical Republicans?

Thaddeus Stevens

What sweeping changes did Democrats make using the power of "home rule"?

Democrats restricted the rights of freed slaves, wiped out school programs & got rid of public schools

What was sharecropping?

System where landowners leased land to farmworkers in return for a portion of their crops