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