Reconstruction Era Key Terms

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Black Codes

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laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans

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Radical Republicans

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a group who wanted the federal government to be more involved in Reconstruction

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Thaddeus Stevens

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a leader of the Radical Republicans

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Civil Rights Act of 1866

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an act that provided African Americans with the same legal rights as white Americans

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principle

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basic belief, rule, or law

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Fourteenth Amendment

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an amendment that gave all citizens (black and white) equal protection under the law

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Reconstruction Acts

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laws that divided the South into districts controlled by the U.S. military until the southern states rejoined the Union

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impeachment

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the process of bringing charges of wrongdoing (crime) against a public official

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Fifteenth Amendment

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amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote.