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Ch 18 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Reconstruction | Readmitting Southern states to the Union |
Freedman's Bureau | Set-up to assist (help) slaves |
Andrew Johnson | Became president after Lincoln died |
Black codes | Limited freedom of former slaves |
Civil rights | Rights granted to all citizens |
Fourteenth Amendment (14th) | Protected rights of citizens and right to vote |
Share cropping | Farmers rent land (not own) |
Ku Klux Klan | Secret group wanted slaves to be powerless |
Lynch | To kill a person on the spot for an accused crime |
Panic of 1873 | Many banks failed |
Compromise of 1877 | Hayes won the election |