Reconstruction Era

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Era of rebuilding after the Civil War; Readmitting the Confederate states into the Union

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Reconstruction

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Series of laws that restricted the rights of Freedmen

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Black Codes

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Gave assistance to newly freed slaves following emancipation; 1st schools for African American children

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Freedmen's Bureau

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Controlled Congress during Reconstruction; Wanted to use Reconstruction as a way to punish the South

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Radical Republicans

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Begins the process of removing the president from office: Andrew Johnson 1st president to do this

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Impeachment

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1st African American elected to the U.S. Senate

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Hiram Rhodes Revels

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Freed all slaves

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13th Amendment

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Gives Citizenship to anyone born in the United States

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14th Amendment

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Gave African American men the right to Vote

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15th Amendment

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Restricted by southern states through Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, and Grandfather Clause

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Voting Rights