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Anthony Chrzan
Reconstruction
Term | Definition |
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Reconstruction | Rebuilding of the south |
thirteenth amendment | It banned slavery throughout the nation |
Black codes | Laws that severely limited the rights of freedmen |
Radical Republicans | Members of congress that vowed to take control of reconstruction |
fourteenth amendment | It defined citizens as " all persons born or naturalized in U.S." |
Impeach | To bring formal charges against |
fifteenth amendment | It forbade any state to deny any citizen the right to vote because of " race, color, or previous condition of servitude." |
KKK | A secret society that worked to keep African Americans and white republicans out of office. |
Jim Crow Laws | Laws that separated people of different races in public facilities in the south |
Plessy v. Ferguson | AN 1896 court case in which the Supreme court ruled that segregation in public facilities was legal as long as facilities were equal. |