Topic 9 Vocab Review

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Freedmen

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Men and women who were freed from slavery.

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Reconstruction

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The political, physical, and social rebuilding of the South.

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Amnesty

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Government pardon.

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Freedmen's Bureau

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Government agency created to help former slaves; also aided poor southern whites.

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13th Amendment

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Abolished slavery; Overturned previous state laws and Supreme Court rulings that upheld slavery; Gave Congress power to intervene and protect civil rights.

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14th Amendment

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States that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are citizens, including all freedmen; also made racial discrimination illegal.

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15th Amendment

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Granted African American men over the age of 21 the right to vote.

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Scalawag

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Term given to white southerners deemed as traitors who supported reconstruction.

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Sharecroppers

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Rented and farmed plot of land in exchange for share of crop at harvest.

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Ku Klux Klan

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Secret society formed to prevent White Republicans and African Americans from holding political office.