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9 Cards in this Set
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Radical Republicans
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Members of Congress who wanted to make sure that freedmen received the right to vote
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Thaddeus Stevens
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The leader of the Radical Republicans
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Charles Sumner
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President Johnson's enemy who wanted to impeach Johnson
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Fourteenth Amendment
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gives all people who were citizens of the US had equal protection under the law. Gave any male citizen over the age of 18 (including blacks) the right to vote
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Radical Reconstruction
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The period of time where Radical Republicans tried to change the country
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Reconstruction Act
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Law that made all southern states obey the 14th amendment and gave the military power to enforce the rules of Reconstruction. The south was very angry about this.
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Fifteenth Amendment
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No states were able to deny a person the right to vote because of race, color, or because they were once a slave
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black codes
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Laws that southerners made that limited the rights of freedmen
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impeach
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to bring charges against a persident
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