Civil War/ Reconstruction Vocab

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Secede

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to withdraw from a group or organization,  especially a political body

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Name given by southerners to northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction.

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Carpet Baggers

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Favoring a region of the country rather than the interest of the entire nation

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Sectionalism

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A farmer who receives an agreed share of the crop minus charges

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Share Cropper

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Southern writers who supported reconstruction after the Civil War

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Scalawags

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a person who lives and works on another person’s land, usually by contract

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Tenant Farmers

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Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon

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Union

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Right to vote to all men regardless of race
Options: 15th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 13th Amendment

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15th Amendment

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gave citizenship & equal protection under the  law to all US citizens

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14th Amendment

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ended all slavery in the US

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13th Amendment