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carpetbaggers
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A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage (so called because they carried their belongings in a carpet bag, a traveling bag made out of carpet fabric and used chiefly in the United States in the 19th century)
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Reconstruction
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The period (1865-1877) during which the states of the Confederacy wre controlled by the federal government before being readmitted to the Union
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13th Amendment
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Forbids slavery in America and its territories
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14th Amendment
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grants citizenship to all people born in America and guarantees them equal protection under the law
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15th Amendment
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insures black males the right to vote
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