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