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15 Cards in this Set
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What was important about the 13th amendment?
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abolished slavery
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What was important about the Freedmen's Bureau
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Run by army, eased transition from slavery to being free, established schools, distributed land for blacks, cases involving blacks would be held in military courts
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What were the black codes?
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make sure blacks remain 2nd class citizens, blacks couldnt own guns, cant testify against a white person in court. In mississippi blacks couldnt own farm land, denied certain trades in certain states
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Radical Republicans
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had extreme views, blacks = to whites, blacks have same rights as whites, south should be treaten harshly. Thaddeus Stevens, secession was succesful, congress in charge.
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Thaddeus Stevens
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speaker of H.O.R, 2nd most powerful in gov, burried in black cemetery and had black gf, leading spokesperson of radical view, argued that the south broke away from the Union
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Civil Rights Act of 1866
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defined citizenship, equal rights, along with the 14th amendment
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14th amendment
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defined citizenship, nullified confederate war debt, any south supporters couldnt vote or hold office, due process clause - equal protection
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Military Reconstruction Act of 1867
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South divided into 5 military districts, military law, military supervise elections + determined who could hold office, enforced ratification of 14th amendment, anyone 18+ can vote
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Carpetbaggers
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Northern emigrants who participated in teh Republican gov of the Reconstuction South
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Scalawags
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Southern white Republicans who served in Recoonstruction govs
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Ku Klux Klan
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terrorized former slaves who voted and held political offices during reconstruction. peckerwoods
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15th amendment
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right to vote cant be denied on the basis or race or color or servitude.
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Bourbon Redeemers
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Southern white conservative upperclass white democrats. started in 1867. Acted as father figures to blacks, felt they were their responsibilty. hated by lowerclass whites
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Jim Crow Laws
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legal segregation in transportation, schools, retaurants, hotels, water fountains, restrooms.
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plessy v fergeson
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1896 - seperate is okay, but must be equal in seperation
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