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  1. 5. textile mills were built in Georgia as close to these as possible to help with transportation costs
  2. 7. an agricultural system where a landowner allows a farmer to use their land in exchange for a portion of the crops produced, rather than cash rent.
  3. 10. Amendment that declares all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
  4. 11. the amount of Southerners who had to pledge loyalty to the Union under Lincoln's Plan.
  5. 13. still the #1 crop in Georgia even after the Civil War
  6. 16. this city was named Georgia's capital after the Civil War thanks to iits proximity to the railroads
  7. 19. these farmers did not own tools or seeds and were paid only in the crops that they grew for landowners.
  8. 21. These farmers owned a few of their own tools and animals, but they had to rent land from a landowner to farm on.
  9. 22. to pass or approve a law
  10. 23. organization created to help former slaves and poor whites with everyday struggles after the Civil War
  11. 25. Laws that restricted the legal rights of newly freed slaves in the South; passed by southern states following the Civil War
  12. 26. This President's Reconstruction plan was created with the goal of uniting the nation as quickly as possible after the Civil War.
  13. 27. This President's plan failed to enforce the rights of freedmen in the South. He was impeached by the Radical Republicans.
  14. 28. One of the first African Americans elected to the Georgia General Assembly in 1868.
  15. 29. These leaders were expelled from Georgia's legislature after being lawfully elected on the grounds that they could vote, but could not hold office.
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  1. 1. group that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.
  2. 2. to kick out or officially force someone to leave. This is what happened to Black Legislators in Georgia during Reconstruction.
  3. 3. Amendment that abolished slavery
  4. 4. The nickname for Congress during this time period. The South felt that they were too harsh during Reconstruction.
  5. 6. Amendment that declared that citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude
  6. 8. one of the main reasons slavery was replaced with sharecroping was to maintain a supply of _______ ________
  7. 9. as a result of the 14th and 15th Amendments, Black Americans did this in record numbers during Reconstruction
  8. 12. The reason that Radical Republicans were upset about both Lincoln’s and Johnson's plans for Reconstruction was because they were too ______ on the South
  9. 14. after the Civil War was over, these factories became more common because Georgia had cotton, the railroads, and plenty of cheap labor in the form of sharecroppers.
  10. 15. tactic used by the KKK to prevent Black Americans from exercising their rights
  11. 17. the reason that Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan was not enacted
  12. 18. this Reconstruction Plan led to the use of the military to enforce the 14th & 15th Amendments. It was more harsh on the South than earlier plans.
  13. 20. the 14th Amendment overturned the decsion made in this Supreme Court case
  14. 24. according to the Charter of 1732, this was not allowed in the Georgia colony