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Chapter 9, Lesson 5
Reconstruction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | The period when laws were passed that sought to rebuild and heal the northern and southern regions of the United States after the Civil War. |
| Amendment | A change or improvement. |
| Carpet Baggers | Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War to start businesses and make money. |
| Segregation | The division of groups of people, usually by race. |
| Black Codes | A group of laws passed in the late 1800's that denied African Americans men the right to vote, kept African Americans from owning guns or taking certain types of jobs. |
| Sharecropping | A system in which someone who owns land lets someone else "rent" the land to farm it. |
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