Reconstruction Flashcard

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The amendment that gave citizenship and equal protection under the law to former slaves. Options: 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th

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14th

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The amendment that granted African-American men the right to vote.

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15th

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Laws passed directly after the civil war that restricted former slaves' freedom.

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black codes

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Laws enforcing racial segregation

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Jim Crow laws

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Renting farm land and paying for that land with a share of the crops.

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sharecropping

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A government organization put in place to support former slaves in getting a food, home, education, etc. Options: Freedmen's Bureau, Reconstruction, Black Codes, KKK

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Freedmen's Bureau

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Someone from the North who moved south after the civil war to support reconstruction

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carpetbagger

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The process of getting the country back to one piece after the Civil War.

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Reconstruction

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The amendment that freed all slaves. Options: 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th

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13th

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Terrorist organization created to intimidate & prevent freedmen & Republicans from gaining political power in the South

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Ku Klux Klan