Chapter 14

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Reconstruction

the reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War

Amnesty

pardon

radical

extreme

freedmen

a person freed from slavery

13th Amendment

The amendment that abolished slavery

14th Amendment

All those who are born in the US or gone through the process of naturalization are granted US citizenship

15th Amendment

All men of all races can vote

Black Codes

Laws that were aimed at freedmen to exploit African American workers

Override

to overturn or defeat

Impeach

To formally charge a public/ gov official with misconduct in office

Scalawag

Person from the South who supported reconstruction

Carpetbagger

Person from the North who moved to the South

Corruption

Dishonest or illegal actions

Integrate

To end segregation (separation) between races

Sharecropping

A farmer uses the land of a landlord in exchange for a fraction of the crops

Ku Klux Klan

A white supremacist group

Reconciliation

Settling by agreement or coming together again

Commission

A group of persons directed to perform some duty

Cash Crop

farm crop raised to be sold for money

Poll tax

a tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote

Literacy test

a test that prevented African Americans from voting by requiring all voters to be able to read and write at a specific level

Grandfather clause

If a person did not pass the literacy test, that were allowed to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction began

Segregation

separation between race, class, or group

Lynching

To kill a person by hanging

Amnesty Act

All political disabilities from the 14th Amendment are removed

Eliminated

to remove

Jim Crow Laws

1. segregation
2. Whites and African Americans must be separated

Separate but equal

Whites and African Americans have similar things, but the Whites receive the better quality

Main goal of the KKK

deny rights to freed men and women

Major tactics of the KKK

fear and violence

19th Amendment

women can vote

1st Amendment

freedom of speech

4th Amendment

right to privacy

Lincoln’s 10% plan

1. 10% of a state population  swears loyalty to the USA
2. Grants Amnesty to all CSA soldiers

Wade-Davis Bill

1. More than 50% swear loyalty
2. No CSA Official or Soldiers can hold public office
3. States ban slavery
4. Allows only white men that did not fight for the CSA to vote

Both Wade & Lincoln Bill

1. makes people swear loyalty to USA