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10 Cards in this Set
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secession |
the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state |
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blockade |
an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. |
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habeas corpus |
the right against unlawful arrest
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inflation |
a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money |
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13th Amendment |
banned slavery in the U.S. |
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14th Amendment |
amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War |
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15th Amendment |
prohibited the state and federal governments from denying any male citizen the right to vote because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude” |
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impeach |
which is formally charging the president with wrongdoing |
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grandfather clause |
allow those who failed the test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers voted before Reconstruction |
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Jim Crow Laws |
required African Americans and whites to be separated in almost every public place |
