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TermDefinition
13th Amendment Constitutional amendment that banned slavery in the United States.
Amnesty The granting of a pardon to a person for committing an illegal act.
Reconstruction Period after the civil war when the south was rebuilt; also, the federal program to rebuild it.
Freedmen Men and women who had been freed from slavery.
Freedmen's Bureau A government agency to help former slaves.
14th Amendment Constitutional amendment that granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States.
15th Amendment Constitutional amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote in all states.
Impeach To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office.
Radical Republicans A member of congress during Reconstruction who wanted to take power from the wealthy southern plantation owners to ensure Freedmen received the right to vote.
Reconstruction Act of 1867 Divided the south into 5 military districts, guaranteed all African American men the right to vote, prevented former Confederate leaders from holding office.
Carpetbagger A nickname for a Northerner who went south during Reconstruction in the hope of getting rich.
Scalawag A nickname for a white southerner who supported Radical Republicans.
Sharecropper A farmer that worked on land owned by another person; many freed slaves in the south became sharecroppers after the Civil War.
Ku Klux Klan A secret organization that worked to keep African American and white Republicans out of office, many times using violence and intimidation.
Grandfather Clause Excused a voter from poll tax or literacy test if his grandfather had voted before 1867.
Literacy Test Requires voters to read and explain difficult part of the Constitution before they were allowed to vote.
Poll Tax Fee paid by the voter in order to vote.
Plessy v. Ferguson Ruling by Supreme Court that segregation was legal as long as facilities for African Americans and whites were equal.
Segregation The separation of races to keep them apart - in such situations as housing, schools, restrooms, drinking fountains, etc.
Jim Crow Laws Passed by Southern states that required African Americans and whites to be separated in almost every public place.
Black Codes Laws passed by southern states to control freed men and women
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