Reconstruction Era Flashcard

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What does the term "Reconstruction" refer to in the context of the Civil War?

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The rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War

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Who were considered "Freedmen" during the Reconstruction era?

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A person freed from slavery

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What were the "Black Codes"?

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Laws passed in the South to control freedmen

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Who were the "Carpetbaggers"?

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A Northerner who went South after the Civil War to profit from the destruction of the South.

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What does the term "Scalawags" refer to?

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White Southerners who supported the Reconstruction governments after the Civil War, often for private gain

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What is "Segregation"?

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The separation of people of different races

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What is "Sharecropping"?

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A farming system where farmers rent land and pay the landowner with a share of the crops they raise.

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The southern states were not allowed to rejoin the United States after fighting against the United States in the Civil War.

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False

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The period after the Civil War when the southern states were brought back into the United States and newly-freed slaves found their place in society is known as the

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Reconstruction

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The 13th Amendment of the US Constitution ended all

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slavery