Quarter 1 Benchmark Study Guide

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This amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and indentured servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

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The 13th Amendment.

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This amendment to the United States Constitution granted all formerly enslaved African Americans citizenship, and gave a concrete legal definition for what it meant to be a U.S. Citizen.

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The 14th Amendment.

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This amendment gave all formerly enslaved African American men the right to vote.

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The 15th Amendment.

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This government agency was created to help give homes, food, jobs, and education to newly-freed African Americans.

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The Freedmen's Bureau.

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This was the nickname for northern businessmen who moved south after the Civil War in order to buy up cheap land.

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Carpetbaggers.

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These were laws passed in southern states designed to limit the freedoms of African Americans.

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Black Codes.

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This event was considered the "end" of Reconstruction.

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The Compromise of 1877.

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President of the United States at the beginning of Reconstruction, focused primarily on reuniting the country rather than punishing the South.

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Abraham Lincoln.

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Abolitionist that helped get the 14th and 15th Amendments passed, and fought against Black Codes in the South.

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Frederick Douglass.

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Former Confederate general who urged citizens of Southern states to accept defeat and work towards reunification; did not support new emancipation laws.

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Robert E. Lee.