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16 Cards in this Set
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freemen
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men or women who were once slaves
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thirteenth amendment
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the amendment that ended slavery in 1865
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black codes
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southern laws that limited the rights of african americans after the civil war
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fourteenth amendment
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the amendment that guarantees equal protection of the laws
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scalawag
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a white southerner who supported the republicans during the reconstruction
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carpetbagger
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a northerner who went to the south after the civil war
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conservatives
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white southerners who resisted change during the reconstruction
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ku klux klan
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a secret society that wanted white power by using violence after the civil war
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sharecropper
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person who rents land in exchange for a share of the crops
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poll tax
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tax required before someone can vote
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literacy test
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an exam used to see if someone can read and/or write
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grandfather clause
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law that didn't let someone vote if their father or grandfather wasn't able to vote on january 1st, 1867
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segregation
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legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
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jim crow laws
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law that separated people of different races in public places in the south
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plessy vs. ferguson
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an 1896 court case that the supreme court ruled that segregation in public was legal as long as the facilities were equal
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"new south"
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term to describe what the south was like in the late 1800's when efforts were made to expand the economy by building up industry
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