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