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Reconstruction Match
Term | Definition |
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Black Codes | Laws and regulations designed to restrict African Americans' freedoms in the South. |
Scallawags | A southerner who switched political parties from a southern Democrat to a Republican; usually considered a traitor |
Carpetbaggers | Northerners who moved to South in search of economic and political opportunities. |
Ku Klux Klan | A secret organization which uses violence against black people. |
13th Amendment | Abolished slavery in the United States |
14th Amendment | Granted citizenship to all recently freed slaves |
15th Amendment | Guaranteed the right to vote, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude |
Radical Republicans | Members of Congress intent on punishing the former Confederacy for the Civil War |
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated | By John Wilkes Booth; ended all attempts at leniency for the South |