S.s 11\6\24 Flashcards
Men and woman freed from slavery
Freedman
Rebuilding the us
Reconstruction
Limitation of african american rights
Black code
Northren citizens who moved to the south after the war
carpet bagger
democrat term for white southerners
Scalawag
People work on a land and instead of money they get a share of the crops
Share cropping
Wanted to help freedman and break the power of wealthy planters
Radical republic
Banned slavery
13th amendment
Gave all men in the U.S citizenship
14th amendment
Gave every man the right to vote no matter the race
15th amendment
Made organized attacks to african americans
Ku Klux Klan
Southern democrats agreed to support commissions
Compromise of 1877
Requires voters to pay a Fee each time they voted
poll tax
Required voters to read and explain a part of the constitution
Literacy test
If your grandparents voted u can vote
Grandfather clauses