Reconstruction 2023

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  1. 2. of 1868 allowed African American men to vote and hold office, ratified the 14th and 15th Amendments, allowed women to own property for the first time
  2. 3. Bureau established by Congress and controlled by the U.S. Army prior to the end of the Civil War to give food, medicine, clothing, and education to freedmen and many poor whites
  3. 5. Amendment all male citizens have the right to vote
  4. 6. A derogatory term for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction following the Civil War.
  5. 7. Party Political party made up of African Americans, Scalawags, and Carpetbaggers during Reconstruction
  6. 8. Amendment declared that all persons born in the United States were citizens and that all citizens were entilted to equal rights, which were protected by due process of law
  7. 11. Codes laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves, passed by southern states following the Civil War
  8. 12. to charge a public official with a crime for the purpose of removing them from office
  9. 13. former slaves that were now free due to military action and the 13th Amendment
  10. 18. Districts military occupation of the former Confederacy to ensure the freedmen's property and civil rights were protected, part of the Radical Reconstruction plan
  11. 19. Klux Klan a secret society created by white southerners that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights
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  1. 1. farming A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which a landowner provided a plot of land, seed, and tools while the farmer works the land for a portion or share of the crops
  2. 2. A northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War, many were teachers, missionaries, and entrepreneurs
  3. 4. the attempt to rebuild and reform the political and social systems of the South after the Civil War
  4. 9. Amendment abolished slavery
  5. 10. a declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment
  6. 14. Republicans Controlling group of Republicans in congress during Reconstruction. They wanted to protect freedmen and change Southern society.
  7. 15. Money that is owed
  8. 16. A person who risks time and money to start and manage a business
  9. 17. Possession of property is kept from a person because of a debt owed