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2. Reconstruction Vocabulary
These flashcards are based on the Virginia SOLs for U.S. History 1865-Present. They include the following terms and people:
Reconstruction
Radical Reconstruction
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Sharecropping
Freedmen
Freedmen’s Bureau
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
KKK
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Frederick Douglass
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Segregation
Citizen
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3. the process of rebuilding the South and reuniting the country after the Civil War

4. Reconstruction
the process of rebuilding the South and reuniting the country after the Civil War

5. law that gave African Americans rights, and authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement, to protect freedmen in the South

6. Civil Rights Act of 1866
law that gave African Americans rights, and authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement, to protect freedmen in the South

7. a system of farming in the South where people rent farmland and pay their rent in crops

8. Sharecropping
a system of farming in the South where people rent farmland and pay their rent in crops

9. organization set up by the federal government to help African Americans recover from the war, meeting immediate needs like clothing, food and shelter, and also helping them gain new skills, education, and jobs

10. Freedmen’s Bureau
organization set up by the federal government to help African Americans recover from the war, meeting immediate needs like clothing, food and shelter, and also helping them gain new skills, education, and jobs

11. Laws passed by southern states to limit the rights of freedmen

12. Black Codes
Laws passed by southern states to limit the rights of freedmen

13. abolished slavery in the USA

14. 13th Amendment
abolished slavery in the USA

15. said everyone born in United States is a citizen and entitled to equal rights under the law

16. 14th Amendment
said everyone born in United States is a citizen and entitled to equal rights under the law

17. gave black men the right to vote

18. 15th Amendment
gave black men the right to vote

19. time when Radical Republicans in Congress controlled Reconstruction and treated the South harshlyX

20. Radical Reconstruction
time when Radical Republicans in Congress controlled Reconstruction and treated the South harshly X

21. a secret organization in the South that wanted to keep former slaves powerless

22. KKK
Ku Klux Klan – a secret organization in the South that wanted to keep former slaves powerless

23. the name for newly-freed slaves in the South

24. Freedmen
the name for newly-freed slaves in the South

25. laws passed by southern state governments to segregate whites and blacks in all areas of life

26. Jim Crow Laws
laws passed by southern state governments to segregate whites and blacks in all areas of life

27. President of USA in 1860- his election made the South mad enough to withdraw from country

28. Abraham Lincoln
President of USA in his election made the South mad enough to withdraw from country

29. commander of Union Army, President of USA after Johnson

30. Ulysses S. Grant
commander of Union Army, President of USA after Johnson

31. Lincoln’s Vice-President, who took over as President after Lincoln’s death. Not liked by Congress, who thought he was too easy on the South

32. Andrew Johnson
Lincoln’s Vice-President, who took over as President after Lincoln’s death. Not liked by Congress, who thought he was too easy on the South

33. white southerners who supported Reconstruction

34. Scalawags
white southerners who supported Reconstruction

35. separation

36. Segregation
separation

37. former Confederate General, encouraged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the war and reunite as Americans

38. Robert E. Lee
former Confederate General, encouraged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the war and reunite as Americans

39. People from the north who went south to help rebuild, AND to make money!

40. Carpetbaggers
People from the north who went south to help rebuild, AND also to make money!

41. Fought for passage of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights for African Americans

42. Frederick Douglass
Fought for passage of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights for African Americans

43. someone who lives in the United States and is entitled to certain rights

44. Citizen
someone who lives in the United States and is entitled to certain rights