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