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Reconstruction
Week 1 Vocabulary: VS.8abc
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | The period of time that directly followed the end of the Civil War It was a time of change and rebuilding. |
| amendment | A change or addition to the U.S. Constitution. It explains or protects the rights of people. |
| Thirteenth Amendment | 1865: Abolished, or ended, slavery in the United States. |
| Fourteenth Amendment | 1866: Gave citizenship to any person born in the United States. African Americans become citizens for the first time. |
| Fifteenth Amendment | 1870: Gave African American men the right to vote. |
| infrastructure | The roads, bridges, railroads, and buildings a state needs to work. |
| economy | How people make money and trade goods. |
| sharecropping | A system where poor farmer rented land from wealthy landowners. They paid rent with a portion, or a part, of their crops. |
| The Freedmen's Bureau | A government program created to help freed African Americans by: - Providing food, clothing, and medical care - Establishing schools - Helping people find jobs |
| Freedmen's Schools | Schools where African American children and adults learned how to read and write. |