Reconstruction

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13th Amendment:

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made slavery illegal

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14th Amendment:

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Made former slaves citizens and granted them rights.

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15th Amendment:

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gave black men the right to vote

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Segregation

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Forced separation of races

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Jim Crow Laws

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laws that legalized segregation

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Organization created by the US government to assist former slaves and poor whites.

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Freedman's Bureau

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Laws enforcing racial segregation in public places.

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Jim Crow Laws

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Farming system where farmers pay rent with part of their crop.

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Sharecropping

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Sharecroppers remained in debt peonage because they owed money to landowners.

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Owed money to landowners, never escaping debt.

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Agricultural system from the late 19th century where a landowner allowed a tenant to use land for a share of the produce.

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share cropping