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the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
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Reconstruction
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Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
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"Black Codes"
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the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
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Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
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Acted as a welfare agency to help the poor and war veterans. Largest accomplishment was in education.
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Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern states after civil war
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Passed over Andrew Johnson's veto, the bill aimed to counteract the Black Codes by conferring citizenship on African Americans and making it a crime to deprive blacks of their rights to sue, testify in court, or hold property.
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The constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude.
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A constitutional amendment giving full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, except for American Indians.
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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Required the president to seek approval from the Senate before removing appointees.
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A derogatory term applied to Northerners who migrated south during the Reconstruction to take advantage of opportunities to advance their own fortunes by buying up land from desperate Southerners and by manipulating new black voters to obtain lucrative government contracts.
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A derogatory term for Southerners who were working with the North to buy up land from desperate Southerners
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was the 1st African American to serve in congress, took over Jefferson Davis' Senate seat.
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A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
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After the Civil War, southerners promoted a new vision for a self-sufficient southern economy built on modern capitalist values, industrial growth, and improved transportation.
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Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years. The settler would only have to pay a registration fee of $25.
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(1862) Federal law that gave land to western states to build agricultural and engineering colleges.
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Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west
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1850 to 1890; series of conflicts between the US Army / settlers and different Native American tribes
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An act that removed Indian land from tribal possesion, redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families. Designed to break tribal mentalities and promote individualism.
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The first large-scale U.S. union; founded to organize skilled and unskilled laborers, farmers, and factory workers.
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labor union that sought to organize all workers and focused on broad social reforms
