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Reconstruction

USII.3

TermDefinition
Freedman's Bureau A government agency created to help newly freed African Americans find jobs and homes
Black Codes Laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans (ex: could not vote, not allowed to rent property in cities, could not testify against whites)
Civil Rights Act of 1866 A law that said everyone born in the U.S. would be a citizen
Carpetbaggers Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War (often to help freed African Americans) to take advantage of the cheaper land and labor
Jim Crow Laws Laws that led to racial segregation – separate but equal treatment (different schools, stores, etc. for blacks and whites)
13th Amendment The amendment that says slavery illegal in the United States
14th Amendment The amendment that says all people born in the United States, except American Indians, were granted citizenship and had equal protection under the law
15th Amendment The amendment that gave African American men the right to vote
Equal Protection Under the Law All citizens' rights are guaranteed under the US Constitution
Reconciliation/Reconcile Coming back together with friendly terms (what Lincoln wanted after the Civil War)
Abraham Lincoln President of the US during the Civil War – wanted a plan for reconciliation after the war – preservation was better than punishment
Robert E. Lee Confederate general who encouraged the South to reconcile peacefully with the Union
Frederick Douglas Former slave and abolitionist who fought for civil liberties and voting rights for all
Andrew Johnson Lincoln’s Vice President– continued Lincoln’s plan for reconciliation with the South after Lincoln was shot and killed
Reconstruction The process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states without slavery
Compromise of 1877 This ended Reconstruction - Rutherford Hayes became the new president and federal troops were taken out of the South
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