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political
something that relates to the government
Freedmen’s Bureau
a government agency that helped former slaves and poor southern whites gain food, clothing and education.
Reconstruction
Rebuilding of the south after the civil war
13th Amendment
banned slavery in the entire United States
15th Amendment
Changed the constitution to allow all black men to vote
Social
Interactions between groups and people
Reconstruction Act
showed the south the steps the state government had to take in order to to rejoin the Union
economic challenges in the south after the civil war
cities in the south were leveled, bridges and railroads were destroyed
Freedmen
Previously enslaved men and women
Radical Republicans
members of congress that wanted the freedmen to be protected and wealthy southerners to get paid well
black codes
laws the restricted the rights of freedmen
what social challenges happened in the south
millions of freedmen would have to become productive citizens
economic
related to money or how resources distribute