Unit 7A Vocab

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Period after the Civil War when southern states were reintegrated into the Union.

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Reconstruction

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1865 - Agency aiding former slaves with food, clothing, and jobs.

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Freedmen's Bureau

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17th U.S. President; opposed radical Republicans; first impeached.

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Andrew Johnson

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Lincoln's plan allowing a Southern state to form its government after 10% of voters swore loyalty to the U.S.

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Ten Percent Plan

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Abolishes and prohibits slavery

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13th Amendment (1865)

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Citizenship for all born in the U.S.

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14th Amendment (1868)

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Voting cannot be denied based on race, color, or creed.

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15th Amendment (1870)

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Laws denying legal rights to freed slaves, passed by southern states post-Civil War.

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Black Codes

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Secret society formed by white southerners in 1866, using terror to deny African Americans civil rights.

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Ku Klux Klan

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A person who works rented fields and pays rent by giving a share of crops.

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Sharecropper