Ch. 22 Vocab Review

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Passed by Congress to protect blacks' rights under the 14th and 15th Amendments in the South.

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Force Acts

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Citizenship rights and equal protection for African Americans; former Confederate leaders barred from office.

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14th Amendment

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Prohibits federal and state governments from denying voting rights based on race, color, or previous servitude.

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15th Amendment

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Passed over Andrew Johnson's veto, aimed to counteract Black Codes by granting citizenship to African Americans and making it a crime to deny them rights to sue or own property.

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Civil Rights Bill

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Divided South into 5 military districts, disenfranchised former confederates, required Southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment.

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Reconstruction Act

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Helped fund construction of the Union Pacific by land grants & government bonds

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Pacific Railroad Act

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Established in 1865 by Congress to assist former black slaves and poor whites in the South post-Civil War.

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Freedman’s Bureau

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Laws by Southern states (1865-1866) restricting African Americans' freedom and compelling low-wage labor.

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Black Codes

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Lincoln's Reconstruction plan seen as too lenient by Republicans.

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10% Plan

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Extremist, secret society that was anti-foreign, anti-black, anti-Jewish, striking fear and terrorizing.

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Ku Klux Klan