Reconstruction Era Flashcards

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reconstruction

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the period when the South rejoined the Union and forced to change their laws that gave rights to African Americans

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Freedman's Bureau

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an organization that provided food, clothing, medical care, and legal advice to freed slaves and the poor

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sharecropping

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a system in which landowners let poor farmers use small areas of their land, and in return, the farmers gave the landowners a share of the crop

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Jim Crow Laws

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laws that segregated blacks and whites in public facilities Ex: restrooms, water fountains, theaters, busses etc.

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13th Amendment

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made slavery illegal in the United States

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14th Amendment

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granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to slaves who had been emancipated (freed) after the Civil War

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Why was the 14th amendment created?

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created in response to the Black Codes that the Southern States created (poll tax, literacy test)

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15th Amendment

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gave all male citizens the right to vote

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amendment

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a change to the Constitution

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Black Codes

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Black Codes