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An emancipated, or freed, slave

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Freedmen

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A time period after the Civil War where the country had to rebuild

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Reconstruction

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an official pardon, or forgiveness, for people who have been convicted, or guilty of political offenses

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amnesty

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government program to help former slaves & poor whites in the South after the Civil War

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Freedmen's Bureau

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This Amendment abolished slavery

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13th

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This Amendment gave black men the right to vote

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15th

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Laws to restrict or limit the freedom of black people to make sure they were still cheap labor

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Black Codes

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A political group that wanted complete abolition of slavery, the equal rights of freed slaves, and the punishment of Confederate leaders

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Radical Republicans

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This Amendment grants citizenship and equal rights to people born in the country.

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14th

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This plan, or series of laws, helped the Confederate South reintegrate, or reconnect, to the Northern Union

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Reconstruction Act