Reconstruction Review (Flash Cards)

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Abolished slavery throughout the United States.

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13th Amendment

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Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen?

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14th

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The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

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Gave African Americans the right to vote

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What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?

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Radical Republicans

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Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called

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Carpetbaggers

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These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working. Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners.

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Black Codes

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The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:

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The Freedmen's Bureau

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Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:

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Ten Percent Plan

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In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation. What was the name of this controversial group?

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Ku Klux Klan

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What was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War?

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Reconstruction