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