4th nine weeks Vocab Flashcard #5

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Method to restrict African American voting by literacy requirement.

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literacy test

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A group of people assigned a duty.

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Commission

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Name given by former Confederates to Southern whites who supported Republican Reconstruction.

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scalawag

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Laws in the South post-Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen and exploiting African American workers.

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Black Codes

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End racial separation and promote equal membership in society.

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integrate

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A person who dies for a great cause

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martyr

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To resist government authority

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rebel

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A wooden ship covered with iron for protection.

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ironclad

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One of the first official black units in the U.S. armed forces, their efforts helped end slavery.

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54th Massachusetts Infantry

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Reorganization of former Confederate states post-Civil War

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Reconstruction