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| The time period in American History when the U.S. was put back together again after the Civil War. |
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| A Radical Republican plan,demanding that MORE THAN 10% OF THE SOUTH NEEDED to pledge their allegiance to the constitution and swear they NEVER supported the Confederacy. |
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| This abolished slavery in the United States. |
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| This granted citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. (except Native Americans). |
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| This extended the right to vote to all races. |
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African Americans and Whites who were financially better off, rented farm land.
They paid a monthly fee in $ and crops in exchange for the use of the land. |
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Native born Southerners who joined the Republican Party to reclaim their lost lands.
(Typically white farmers who hoped to regain losses that they suffered from the war.) |
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| An organization of ex-Confederate soldiers that terrorized anyone who helped African Americans. |
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| Southern states required all blacks to pay a fee prior to voting. This prevented African Americans from voting since they never received reminders or no official would take their money. |
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| Reconstruction Act of 1867 |
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| An act that placed Southern states under military rule until they adopted the 14th Amendment to grant citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. |
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| Laws passed in the Southern states to limit African American rights. |
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African Americans and poor whites who farmed on the land of white farm owners.
As payment, a portion of the crops they grew were given to the land owner. |
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| Laws passed by Congress outlawing groups/organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan. The military was authorized to disband or take action against such groups. |
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| A reading and writing exam needed to pass in order to vote. |
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| Lincoln's Reconstruction policy requiring only 10% of Southern states to pledge allegiance to the U.S., to obey the constitution, and accept the end of slavery, for readmission to the country. |
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| The bureau/organization that helped ex-slaves (freedmen) adjust to their new lives with jobs, clothes, education, etc... |
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| African Americans were granted 40 Acres of land and a mule for farm labor. Once the Civl Wars was over, they were evicted from the land and given swamp land instead. |
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| Northerners who moved to the South to reap the economic benefits of the South. |
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| A system where African American farmers borrowed money (for seeds, tools, etc..)in exchange for future crops. (This was bad because it kept farmers in constant debt.) |
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| These Southern Laws officially enforced segregation of races in schools, restaurants, railroad cars and all public places. |
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| Southerners could be eligible to vote if their grandfather could vote in 1867. |
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