Bodamer SS 8 Ch 17

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The process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union.

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Reconstruction

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Offered the southerners amnesty for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion.

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Ten Percent Plan

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This made slavery illegal throughout the United States.

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13th Amendment

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Provided relief for freed people and certain poor people in the South.

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Freedmens Bureau

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Laws that generally limited the freedom of African Americans.

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Black Codes

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Provided African Americans with the same legal rights as white Americans.

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Civil Rights Act of 1866

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Granted citizenship to the former slaves.

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14th Amendment

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Divided the south into 5 districts.

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Reconstruction Acts

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Process used by a legislative body to bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official.

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Impeachment

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Gave African American men the right to vote.

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15th Amendment