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