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5th Civil War 3
Post Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | the twelve-year period after the Civil War during which the nation faced the problems of rebuilding the South and reuniting the states. |
| Presidential Reconstruction, 1865-1866 | controlled by the presidents and created the Freedmen’s Bureau, a law signed by Abraham Lincoln. |
| Sharecropping | a system in which former slaves lived on and farmed land owned by someone else and were given back a share of the crops in return |
| Black Code s | laws passed by Southern states to keep former slaves from voting, testifying against whites in court, serving on juries, and joining the militia. |
| 13th Amendment | freed the slaves |
| Congressional or Radical Reconstruction,1866-1877 | controlled by Congress Radical Republicans |
| Civil Rights Act 1866 | declared that all persons born in the United States were citizens |
| 14th Amendment | made all former slaves U.S. citizens |
| Prohibit | to forbid or prevent by law a particular action |
| Ratify | to give formal approval to an amendment to the Constitution |
| 15th Amendment | gave African American men the right to vote |
| Impeachment | an indictment, or charge, of a high government official for a crime |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws passed by Southern states to legalize segregation |
| Racist | one who believe that racial differences prove that a certain race is superior to others |
| Freedom Bureau | A US agency that gave aid to newly freed blacks after the Civil War |
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