Memory Game ReconstructionOnline version Key events or concepts from Reconstruction by Daniel Yoder Made Black Codes illegal Considered by many to be the end of Reconstruction because of a deal to remove the military from the South "Redemption" 14th Amendment freedmen Election of Hayes KKK Sharecropping Southern Democrats return to power as Reconstruction winds down. Carpetbagger Created five districts in the South to be run by the military Hiram Revels Scalawag Put federal troops in areas of KKK activity and allowed the federal government to oversee local elections Southern laws denying rights to African Americans Goal: Punish the South for the war by taking their power and giving rights and power to freedmen Used intimidation and violence to prevent freedmen from using their new rights. 15th Amendment the right to vote cannot be denied based on race or color A southern white that votes republican Enforcement Acts 13th Amendment Gov't agency that helped freedmen with education, health care, and basic needs. Black Codes Freedmen's Bureau Goal: to gain economic opportunity and make a decent life for themselves exercising new found freedoms First African American Senator abolishes slavery an economic system in the South that came very close to slavery. Radical Republicans Civil Rights Act of 1866 A Northerner that goes to the South to take advantage of the economic opportunities there after the Civil War. grants all rights and privileges of citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States Reconstruction Act of 1867
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