Vocabulary for Reconstruction (ch.20)
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| Reconstruction | A period of rebuilding the South after the devastation of the American Civil War. This 12 year period started in 1865 and lasted until 1877.
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| Radical Republicans | Congressmen who wanted to punish the South after the American Civil War. Mainly from the North, these congressmen wanted the South to pay the price for starting the Civil War.
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| Compromise of 1877 | An informal agreement that ended Reconstruction. Also called the Wormley House Bargain, this agreement gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency and removed federal troops out of Southern states.
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| 13th Amendment | One of the 3 Civil Rights Amendments. This amendment abolished (ended) slavery.
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| 14th Amendment | One of the 3 Civil Rights Amendments. This amendment guaranteed equal rights as citizens to former slaves.
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| 15th Amendment | One of the 3 Civil Rights Amendments. This amendment made it illegal to deny someone the right to vote because of their race.
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| Union League | An African American civic group with ties to the Republican Party.
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| Freedmen's Bureau | Federal agency established to help the newly freed slaves. It provided food, shelter, clothing, work, and education.
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| Ku Klux Klan | Started in 1866, this whites only organization used terror to strike fear into the hearts of African Americans. Loosely translated, their name means "circle of brothers" or "circle of friend".
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| Carpetbaggers | Northerners who came south to help with Reconstruction as soldiers, missionaries, and Freedmen's Bureau officials. They were often corrupt and took advantage of war weary Southerners.
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| Scalawags | Southerners who cooperated with and held office under Republican government during Reconstruction. They were liars and cheats and took advantage of other Southerners during Reconstruction.
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| suffrage | The right to vote.
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| Red Shirts | A rifle club formed South Carolina Democrats. They supported Wade Hampton III in 1876.
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| Reconstruction Acts | A series of laws passed by congress that were designed to punish the South and give Blacks the right to vote (enfranchise).
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| impeach | A legal term that means to accuse formally or indict in legal proceeding. Andrew Johnson, U.S. President from 1865-1868, was the first president to go through this process.
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| black codes | Laws passed in the southern states during Reconstruction to control ex-slaves.
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