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- 5. lead by radical republicans, this plan was more strict and divided the southern states into military districts.
- 7. during the Reconstruction Period (1867-1876) sixty-nine African-Americans or Blacks served as delegates to Georgia’s constitutional convention or served as members of the state legislature. These legislators were removed from their seats after 1876.
- 8. restrictive laws passed in the south to control labor and lives of newly freed african americans
- 10. ensured the right to vote to all MALE citizens regardless of color
- 11. farmers who agreed to work on a landowner’s property were required to provide the landowner with a share of the crop; unlike sharecroppers, tenant farmers usually owned their own farming equipment.
- 15. addresses citizenship and rights to former slaves along with equal protection
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- 1. served as first republican governor of georgia
- 2. Georgia representative during reconstructive period
- 3. federal agency created in 1865 to provide aid to former enslaved people
- 4. to revoke or withdraw formally or officially; usually refers to a law
- 6. farmers who agreed to work on a landowner’s property in exchange for land, farming equipment, and seed; sharecroppers were required to provide the land owner with a share of the crop.
- 9. president during reconstruction period that was nearly impeached by congress
- 12. terrorist organization created to intimidate and prevent freedmen and Republicans from gaining political power in the South
- 13. Slavery banned unless for punishment of a crime
- 14. to pass