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Reconstruction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plantation slavery | large farms owned and worked generations of human slaves with hard work and large profits for the owners |
| Southern way of life | belief that the South and all its culture is just and correct and should be preserved for future generations |
| nullification | a state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that is considered unconstitutional |
| succession | to leave and become independent because of a difference of belief |
| sharecropping | a system where land owners give farm workers land, seed, and tools in return for a part of the crop they raise |
| black codes | legislation passed in the South in 1865-66 to regulate the status of the recently freed slaves. it followed the Civil War overthrow of the slave codes |
| Jim Crow laws | laws enacted by Southern states and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities |
| 13th Amendment | 1865 Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery and indentured servitude |
| 14th Amendment | 1868 Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that made all persons in born or naturalized in the U.S. - including former slaves - citizens of this country |
| 15th Amendment | 1870 Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the denial of voting rights to people because of their race, color, or because they have previously been slaves |
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