Reconstruction Era

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  1. 6. Laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites after the civil war.
  2. 7. A change to the constitution,abolishing slavery.
  3. 8. The period of time after the civil war.
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  1. 1. A change in the constitution ratified in 1868, granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
  2. 2. An agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help freed slaves.
  3. 3. Laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former confederate states to limit African American rights.
  4. 4. The rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people, equal treatment under the law.
  5. 5. A change in the constitution ratified in 1870, declaring that the states cannot deny anyone the right to to vote based on race, or color.