Reconstruction

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The time period after the Civil War when the country (south) was rebuilding physically, mentally, and socially.

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Reconstruction

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The first Reconstruction President. He was a Democrat and impeached, but not removed from office.

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Andrew Johnson

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Second Reconstruction President, in office when the 15th amendment was passed. Known for imprisoning KKK leaders.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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This amendment ended slavery.

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13th Amendment

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Farmers (former slaves) that worked the plantations and shared a large portion of the crop they harvested with the land owner, keeping the farmer poor.

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Sharecropper

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Farmers (former slave) that paid a high rent to live and work on the farmers to the landowners.

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Tenant Farmer

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Which was NOT a way many southern states and southerners worked around the 13th amendment? Sharecropping, Tenant Farming, Debt Peonage, Freedmen's Bureau

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Freedmen's Bureau

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Granted citizenship to all born in the U.S. (except Native Americans).

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14th Amendment

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Granted African American men the right to vote.

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15th Amendment

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The lawmakers in Congress were very strict on the southern states, forcing them to rebuild they way Congress wanted, and restricted the southern states in many ways from treating African Americans unfairly.

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Radical Republicans