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22 Cards in this Set
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Reconstruction Period |
time period after the Civil War for rebuilding the South |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
document issued by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves |
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Juneteenth- June 19, 1865 |
date of freedom for slaves in Texas |
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Freedmen's Bureau |
created to help black people adjust to freedom |
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*Civil Rights |
basic human rights belonging to ALL (citizens) people |
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*Amendment |
adding or changing a document, law, or bill |
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Republican Plan |
first plan to try and bring the southern states back into the Union- only Tennessee accepted |
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Congressional Plan |
placed the southern states under military rule- 10 states into 5 districts, Texas #5 |
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Ku Klux Klan |
HATE group formed after Civil War to try and keep black people from having basic human rights |
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*Marital Law |
when an area (state) is ruled by(an army) military rule instead of usual civil authority |
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Constitution of 1876 |
the current state constitution of Texas- has been amended (added to or changed) over 400 times |
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13th Amendment |
frees ALL AFRICAN Americans from slavery |
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14th Amendment |
gives CITIZENSHIP to free slaves |
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15th Amendment |
VOTING rights to former slaves |
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*Veto |
when a head of government refuses to sign a bill passed by the legislature |
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*District |
part of a state or other area marked off for a special purpose |
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*Tariff |
a tax( extra money) placed on imported or exported products |
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*Ordinance |
an official order or law |
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*Draft |
the enlisting(signing up) of persons for required military service in the armed forces |
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*Blockade |
action to stop (block) transportation of goods or people into or out of an area (land or water) |
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*Vigilante |
a person who punishes criminals or takes control without authority (not police) |
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*Freedman |
a person who has been FREED from slavery-they are free |
