Reconstruction Vocab Pt 1

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Period after the Civil War for rebuilding the South and readmitting former Confederate states.

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Reconstruction

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An organization that provided food, clothing, and medical care to formerly enslaved people.

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Freedman's Bureau

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Ended slavery in the U.S.

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13th Amendment

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Group of congressmen opposing slavery and punishing the South for the Civil War.

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Radical Republicans

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A letter from a battle witness is a

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Primary Source

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Not a secondary source:

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Diary

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Reconstruction lasted for

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12 years

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African-Americans post-Civil War were known as _____________

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Freedmen

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Amnesty is another word for

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forgiveness

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Not a power of the president:

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Impeachment