Reconstruction Era Vocabulary

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Government agency helped freedmen get food, clothing, medical care, education

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Freedmen's Bureau

Front

The 13th Amendment ended _______ in the United States.

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slavery

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Laws that limited the rights of freedmen

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Black Codes

Front

What was "segregation"?

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legal separation of the races of people

Front

The 14th Amendment...

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Gave citizenship to anyone born in the United States, including people who had been enslaved.

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The 15th Amendment gave African American men over 21 the right to ____.

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vote

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Sharecropping is...

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Freedmen farmed on someone else's land. Freedmen gave part of their crop to the owner.

Front

Poll tax is when voters must pay a tax each time they ____.

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vote

Front

What was the requirement for voters in the Literacy Test?

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Voters were required to read and explain part of the Constitution before they could vote.

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The Ku Klux Klan was...

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The Klan used violence and fear to keep people from voting.