Reconstruction 1865-1877 Flashcards
1
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Reconstruction
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-To rebuild the south after the Civil War.
2
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13th amendment
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-Freed the slaves.
3
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14th amendment
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-Granted citizenship.
4
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15th amendment
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-Black male suffrage.
5
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Share cropping
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-A system in which a landowner allows a tenant to use their land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land.
6
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Jim Crow Laws
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-Enforce racial segregation in the South.
7
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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-A Supreme Court case that required the doctrine of “Separate but equal.”
8
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Poll tax
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-A capital tax levied equally on every adult in the community.
9
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Literacy test
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-An extremely hard test they gave the skaves to become free citizens.
10
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Grandfather Clause
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-If you’re grandfather was allowed to vote before the election of 1860, then you were.
