Reconstruction Flashcard Review

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This Amendment abolished slavery

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13th Amendment

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This Amendment gave African American men the right to vote.

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15th Amendment

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This Amendment “Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves. It also granted citizens equal protection under the law.”

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14th Amendment

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Southern states passed laws after the Civil War that denied African Americans basic rights. What were these known as?

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Black Codes

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This was the rebuilding of the southern states after the Civil War.

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Reconstruction

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This term is used to describe a person who takes extreme political positions.

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Radical

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This means average.

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Moderate

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People from the North who moved to the South after the Civil War.

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Carpetbaggers

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A white southerner who supported the Union and the Reconstruction. Often times, ex-Confederate soldiers. Some thought of them as traitors.

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Scalawag

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To charge a public official with doing something wrong.

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Impeach