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Reconstruction

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reconstruction the period when the South rejoined the Union and forced to change their laws that gave rights to African Americans
Freedman's Bureau an organization that provided food, clothing, medical care, and legal advice to freed slaves and the poor
sharecropping a system in which landowners let poor farmers use small areas of their land, and in return, the farmers gave the landowners a share of the crop
Jim Crow Laws laws that segregated blacks and whites in public facilities Ex: restrooms, water fountains, theaters, busses etc.
13th Amendment made slavery illegal in the United States
14th Amendment granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to slaves who had been emancipated (freed) after the Civil War
Why was the 14th amendment created? created in response to the Black Codes that the Southern States created (poll tax, literacy test)
15th Amendment gave all male citizens the right to vote
amendment a change to the Constitution
Black Codes Black Codes
Freedmen newly freed enslaved people
poll tax A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
literacy test A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote
poll taxes and literacy tests How Southern states got around the 15th Amendment, guaranteeing African-Americans the right to vote.
How was sharecropping similar to slavery? The land owner was still in charge. If they owed debt they had to stay on the land. Usually 40% interest. This kept blacks and poor whites in a system of slavery until mid 20th century (1950s).
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