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24 Cards in this Set
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John Wilkes Booth
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was the man who ass. Lincoln; knew his way around the theater; broke his leg when he jumped from balcony
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Ford's Theater
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the theater where Lincoln was shot; was showing "My American Cousins"; Lincoln didn't die there, but was shot there
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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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Freedmen's Bureau
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where freed slaves lived if they didn't willing go back into slavery
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Ku Klux Klan
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a group of conservetives who used violence
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Carpetbaggers
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people going from north to south
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Scalawags
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small scruffy horse; nickname for pirates; how does this apply??? (idk but we are americans!!!)
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Hiram Revels
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first black senator
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Amnesty Act
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restored the right to vote to most southern white people
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Freedmen
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freed black slaves
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Conservitives
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white southerners who resisted change
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Reconstruction
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the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War
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Poll Tax
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to pay a tax to vote
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Literacy Test
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to see whether or not you can read or right; restricts voting rights
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Grandfather Clause
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if your father or grandfather could vote in 1867; excuses you of a Literacy Test
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Jim Crow Laws
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laws that seperated blacks from whites in public places
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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a court case where they fought to have people of different race to be together in public places
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13th Amendment
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band slavery
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14th
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equal protection of laws to all in the USA
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15th
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forbids any state to restrict voting due to race
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16th
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congress can pass an income tax
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17th
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direct election of senators
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18th
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illegal to sell alcohol
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19th
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grants right to vote to women
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