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14 Cards in this Set
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reconstruction |
rebuilding the former confederate states and reuniting the nation |
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amnesty |
granting a full pardon to former confederate leaders |
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13th amendment |
amendment to the constitution which abolished slavery in 1865 |
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black codes |
law codes which limited the freedom of former slaves |
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freedmans bureau |
government agency created in 1865 to aid the millions of southerners left homeless and hungry by war |
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civil rights act of 1866 |
the first civil rights law in the nations history which declared that everyone born in the u.s was a citizen with full equal rights |
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14th amendment |
amendment to the constitution passed in 1866 which required states to grant citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the u.s and denied states the right to deprive anyone of life liberty or property |
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race riots |
public disturbances in which white mobs attacked blacks burned black schools homes and churches |
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reconstruction acts |
acts passed in 1867 which divided the former confederate states into five military districts and stationed troops in each district to enforce law and order |
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tenure of office act |
act passed in 1867 which required the senate to approve of a replacement before the president could remove an appointed official from office |
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15th amendment |
amendment to the constitution which stated that the right of citizens of the u.s. to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude |
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ku klux klan |
a secret terrorist organization formed to prevent blacks from voting |
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enforcement acts |
laws passed in 1871 which empowered the federal government to combat terrorism with military force and prosecute guilty individuals |
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Panic of 1873 |
a particularly severe economic depression which hit the nation in 1873 |
