Civil War/ Reconstruction Vocab

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Secede

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to withdraw from a group or organization, especially a political body.

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Name given by southerners to northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction.

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Carpet Baggers.

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Favoring a region over the whole nation

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Sectionalism

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A farmer receiving a share of the crop minus charges.

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Share Cropper

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Southern writers supporting reconstruction post-Civil War

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Scalawags

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A person living and working on another's land by contract.

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Tenant Farmers

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Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, Oregon

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Union

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Right to vote for all men, regardless of race.

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15th Amendment

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Gave citizenship & equal protection under the law to all US citizens

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14th Amendment

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Ended all slavery in the US

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13th Amendment