The period that took place after the Civil War from 1865-1877 when the United States worked to rebuild the South, readmit rebellious states back into the Union, and integrate formerly enslaved people into society.

The government must give people a chance to defend themselves in court before they can be deprived of life, liberty or property.

People must be treated in a similar manner under the law.

State and local laws and customs, especially in the South after Reconstruction, that enforced racial segregation.

Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the freedom, movement, and economic rights of formerly enslaved people, and to maintain a controllable labor force.

Civil Rights Act of 1866

All persons born in the US to be citizens and have "full and equal benefit of all laws, person, property." Made to protect the civil rights of formerly enslaved people by overturning Black Codes,

Paramilitary groups in the Reconstruction South who used violence, intimidation, and threats to suppress Black voting.

A terrorist organization formed during Reconstruction that used violence, threats, and intimidation to oppose Black civil rights and Republican political influence.

A derogatory term for Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction; many were perceived as seeking political office or economic opportunity in the disrupted region.

A derogatory term for Southerners who supported Reconstruction-era reforms and the Republican Party; they were often accused by opponents of betraying Southern interests.

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Unit 7 Vocabulary

Question	Answer
Reconstruction Era	The period that took place after the Civil War from 1865-1877 when the United States worked to rebuild the South, readmit rebellious states back into the Union, and integrate formerly enslaved people into society.
Due Process	The government must give people a chance to defend themselves in court before they can be deprived of life, liberty or property.
Equal Protection	People must be treated in a similar manner under the law.
Jim Crow	State and local laws and customs, especially in the South after Reconstruction, that enforced racial segregation.
Black Codes	Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the freedom, movement, and economic rights of formerly enslaved people, and to maintain a controllable labor force.
Civil Rights Act of 1866	All persons born in the US to be citizens and have "full and equal benefit of all laws, person, property." Made to protect the civil rights of formerly enslaved people by overturning Black Codes,
Red Shirts	Paramilitary groups in the Reconstruction South who used violence, intimidation, and threats to suppress Black voting.
Ku Klux Klan	A terrorist organization formed during Reconstruction that used violence, threats, and intimidation to oppose Black civil rights and Republican political influence.
Carpetbagger	A derogatory term for Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction; many were perceived as seeking political office or economic opportunity in the disrupted region.
Scalawag	A derogatory term for Southerners who supported Reconstruction-era reforms and the Republican Party; they were often accused by opponents of betraying Southern interests.

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