Reconstruction and New South VOCAB REMEDIATION

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Farmers who worked on a landowner’s property for land, equipment, and seed; they provided a share of the crop.

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sharecropping

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Farmers who worked on a landowner’s property and provided a share of the crop; unlike sharecroppers, they usually owned their own equipment.

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tenant farming

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Amendment that ended slavery in the U.S.

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13th

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Amendment granting U.S. citizenship to African-Americans.

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14th

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Amendment granting African-American men the right to vote

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15th

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Federal agency established in 1865 to aid former slaves.

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Freedmen's Bureau

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48-hour riot in Atlanta due to economic competition and false reports of attacks on white women; many African Americans were killed.

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Atlanta Race Riot

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Depriving a person of the right to vote or citizenship rights.

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disenfranchisement

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Civil rights leader and professor advocating for African Americans' rights.

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WEB DuBois

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Former slave, millionaire, founder of Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Co.

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Alonzo Herndon