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18 Cards in this Set
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Laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in former confederate states to limit the rights of freedmen. |
Black Codes |
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The rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all people as citizens, especially equal treatment under the law.
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Civil Rights |
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The right to vote cannot be denied based on race or previous state of slavery. (1870)
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Fifteenth Amendment |
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The privilege of citizenship to anyone born in the US and the protections of the rights granted to citizens. (1868) |
Fourteenth Amendment |
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Established by congress to help and protect newly freed black Americans. |
Freedman's Bureau |
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Of less importance, value, or quality.
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Inferior |
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Laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the south after the Civil War.
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Jim Crow Laws |
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The period of time after the Civil War when the southern states were rebuilt and brought back into the Union. |
Reconstruction |
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To find a solution for.
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Resolved |
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Commonly described as.
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So-Called |
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Abolished slavery thru the Constitution in the United States. (1865)
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Thirteenth Amendment |
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To put up with. |
Tolerates |
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Which US president believe the south should be treated with a balance of kindness and justice after the Civil War?
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Abraham Lincoln
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Which US president's method of reconstruction included: canceling war debts, new state constitutions, ratifying the 13th Amendment, military districts in the south to rebuild? |
Andrew Johnson |
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What was created to prevent states from blocking people from voting? |
Enforcement Act |
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This group originally formed to return southern white democrats to power. |
Ku Klux Klan |
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This court ruling enforced segregation by stating as long as separate public facilities were equal they were considered constitutional. |
Plessy v. Ferguson |
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What laws made it difficult and sometimes impossible for African Americans to vote? |
Poll Tax Laws |
