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| the period after the Civil War, especially in the South |
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| to regulate the lives of the freedmen, these codes were to preserve traditional Southern society |
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| Congress established this organization to help the freed slaves with food, clothing, and medical care |
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| a group of Northern Congressmen who wanted freedmen to be granted full political equality |
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| a bill guaranteeing freedmen's rights |
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| abolished slavery throughout the nation |
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| granted U.S. citizenship to all former slaves |
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| guaranteed the voting rights to former slaves |
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| Northerners who went to south |
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| Southerners who had sided with the North during the Civil War |
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| First African American to serve in the U.S. Congress |
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| Former plantation owners provided livestock, tools, and land to former slaves in exchange for a share of the crop |
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| used to describe the emergence of a modern, industrial South |
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| act stated that any citizen could occupy 160 acres of government land if the settler improved the land and after 5 years he would own the land |
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| act provided each state with 30,000 acres of federal land times the number of its members in Congress; state could then sell land and use it to build public colleges |
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| Transcontinental Railroad |
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| railroad which goes from the west coast to east coast |
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| battles fought against the Native Americans in effort to clear routes to the West for white settlers and establish government control over this territory. |
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| act gave 160 acres of farmland to the Native Americans |
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| first attempt to unite all trade unions into a single federation |
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| succeeded the National Labor Union and had grown into a national organization with more than 70,000 members |
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| Congress passed this act to deal with how the Southern states would be governed; established military rule over former Confederate states |
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| founded by ex-confederate soldiers, was a secret fraternal organization; they used terrorism to oppose the granting of civil rights to African Americans |
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| separate blacks and whites in schools and other public facilities |
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| the line separating areas of settlement from "unsettled" wilderness territory |
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| unwanted land given to the Native Americans |
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| made steel production easier |
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| association of workers who act together in making demands to employers for higher wages and better working conditions |
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