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