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Reconstruction

after Civil War

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Reconstruction to rebuild, After the Civil War, Reconstruction was the series of programs that were designed to repair damage to the South.
Freedman’s Bureau the federal program meant to provide basic skills for former slaves, schools and hospitals were a primary part of what it did
sharecropping system of farming in the South, owners rented land to farmers in exchange for part of the crop produced by the land, unfairly took advantage of sharecroppers
Dawes Act gave Indians reservation land to start farms
Homestead Act gave 160 acres of western land to Americans to encourage settlement
Morrill Act provided funding for public colleges and universities
Andrew Johnson became president when Lincoln was assassinated; was almost removed from office
Hiram Rhodes Revels first African American member of the U.S. Senate; recruited African Americans to fight for the Union during the Civil War
Radical Reconstruction a change in the way Reconstruction worked; was harder for former Confederate states to rejoin the Union
Carpetbaggers Northerners that took advantage of South during Reconstruction; accused of trying to get rich or powerful at the expense of the South
Radical Republicans group of Congressmen that took control of Reconstruction in 1867 to make it harder for the South to recover from the Civil War
13th Amendment permanently made slavery unconstitutional
14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship rights to African Americans
15th Amendment guaranteed the right to vote to former slaves
Black codes local laws designed to limit the freedom of former slaves in the South
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