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Reconstruction

Post Civil War Reconstruction and Amendments

TermDefinition
Abraham Lincoln Planned to allow the southern states to rejoin the Union, but was assassinated.
Reconstruction the period of time after the Civil War from 1865-1877
Andrew Johnson became President after Lincoln was assassinated
Black Codes Southern laws that were passed that gave African Americans some rights, but not all the rights the North gave
Freedman's Bureau set up by the federal government to help former slaves adjust to freedom; provided medical care, clothing, food, and fuel
13th Amendment amendment to the Constitution that outlawed slavery
14th Amendment amendment to the Constitution that gave former slaves citizenship; said anyone born in the US is a citizen
15th Amendment gave all male citizens the right to vote, regardless of race or color
carpetbaggers Northerners who moved to the South to help freed slaves
Rutherford B. Hayes President when Reconstruction ended; removed federal troops from the South
sharecropping When a land owner would allow another farmer (a tenant) to use his land to plant crops. In return, the tenant had to give the land owner part of the crop.
Jim Crow laws laws put in place in the South which made segregation legal (separate schools, water fountains, seats in restaurants and on buses, etc)
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