RECONSTRUCTION TERMS Flashcards
1
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Reconstruction
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To rebuild the south after the civil war
2
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Black codes
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Laws that restricted freedmen’s rights
3
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15th amendment
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Voting rights to all male African americans
4
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Civil right
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Citizens personal liberties guaranteed by law
5
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14th amendment
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Guaranteed citizenship to African Americans
6
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Carpet bagger
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Insulting nickname given to northerners who came to the south to take advantage
7
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Share cropper
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System of farming in which the harvest is shared
8
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Tenant farming
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System of farming in which the farmer rents land from the land owner
9
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Infrastructure
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Public property and services society used
10
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Compromise of 1877
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Agreement to allow Hayes to be president. Ended reconstruction. North left the sourh
