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ch18 s.s. vocab-CC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the process of readmitting confederate states to the union, after the civil war. | reconstruction |
| organization that helped former slaves get clothing, jobs, food, education and helped them get back on their feet | freedman's bureau |
| 17th president that took over after Lincoln died. He wanted to be a part of reconstruction insted of congress. | Andrew Johnson |
| laws limiting freedom of former slaves. Southern states used this to try to get back to the old way of life. | black codes |
| congressmen who wanted the federal government to change southern society | radical republicans |
| rights granted to all citezens | civil rights |
| amendment providing equal rights for all US citizens | fourteenth amendemnt |
| a school set up to educate former slaves | freedmeans school |
| system in which a landowner provided land to a farmer in return for a share of the crop | sharecropping |
| An extremely racist group that sought to keep former slaves powerless and often killed african Americans | Ku Klux Klan |
| to punish a person by killing him or her without trial | lynch |
| gave african americans full voting rights | fifteenth amendment |
| financial panic caused by falure of several powerful banks | panic of 1873 |
| deal between republicans and democrats that allowed rutherford hayes to become president | compromise of 1877 |