Reconstruction Vocabulary

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Reconstruction

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The process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union.

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Ten Percent Plan

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It offered southerners amnesty, or official pardon (forgiveness), for all illegal acts supporting rebellion.

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Wade-Davis Bill

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Republican plan for readmittance to the Union: 1 State had to ban slavery 2 A majority of adult males in the state had to pledge loyalty to the Union.

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Thirteenth Amendment

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Constitutional Amendment that made slavery illegal throughout the United States.

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Freedmen’s Bureau

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An agency providing relief for freed people and certain poor people in the South.

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Black Codes

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Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans.

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Radical Republicans

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Members of Congress who felt that southern states needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union.

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Civil Rights Act of 1866

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Provided African Americans with the same legal rights as white Americans.

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Fourteenth Amendment

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Defined all people born or naturalized within the United States as citizens.

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Impeachment

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The process of removing an elected official from office.