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- 2. After the Civil War, he felt that the Southern states should not be punished but rather practical relations with them should be reestablished. (last name)
- 6. This act of Congress in 1866 declared that all persons born in the U.S. were to be citizens•of the U.S.
- 8. In1881 he established a vocational school for African Americans—the Tuskegee Institute. (last name)
- 9. This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
- 10. The plan of federal government during the years 1865-1877 to rebuild the South
- 13. This amendment made all native-born or naturalized persons citizens of the U.S. and contains the "due process" and "equal protection of the law" clauses.
- 14. This federal agency was established during the Civil War to aid the poor in the South; after the war it worked to protect the former slaves who were now "free men."
- 15. An official pardon from the government, in this case given to most Southerners during the Reconstruction period
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- 1. Label given to Southern whites who supported Reconstruction plans of the radicals in Congress: "Scoundrel"
- 3. Secret organization formed after the Civil War that targeted and terrorized African Americans
- 4. This amendment declared that the right to vote shall not be denied to anyone "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
- 5. Became president after Lincoln's assassination; was impeached in 1868 but not removed (last name)
- 7. Label put on Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction
- 11. Laws of the southern states that officially segregated the South; from a term often used to refer to African Americans
- 12. Famous Union General during the Civil War who would become president in 1868 (last name)