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reconstruction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| goals of reconstruction | 1- fix southern economy 2-freedman rights 3- rebuild physical buildings in the south 4- reunite north and south |
| freedom | black people that were onec slaves |
| fredmin bureau | food jobs clothes, legal help |
| amnesty | to forgive a crime |
| 13th amendment | end slavery |
| 14th | equal rights |
| 15th | right to vote |
| scalewage | mean named to souport |
| carpetbagger | northers who came to the south to helped the freedmen |
| black codes | laws who limited the rights of aa |
| poll tax | a tax paid in order to vote |
| literacy tests | tested reading and writing |
| grandfather clause | if you grandfather voted then you were allowed to vote |
| Jim crow laws | separate but equal |
| Plessy vs Ferguson | that made segregation legal |
| sharecropping | they got land and got food on the land |
| Andrew Johnson | tried to impeach him but he was not guilty |
| radical republicans | wanted to abolish slavery |
| Hayes | became president after Johnson-he made a deal to take the military out of the south if they voted for him. |
| KKK | terrorized African Americans to stop gaining rights or equality |
| impeach | charging a president with crime |