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Reconstruction Vocabulary
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reconstruction: rebuilding the south and reuniting the union
freedmans bureau: helped free slaves and poor whites in south by giving them supplies
black codes: laws after civil war to take advantage of blacks
13th amendament: abolished slavery
14th amendament: defined US citizens as anyone who was born in the US, including former slaves
15th amendament: gave african americans the right to vote
impeach: formally charge a government official with a crime
scalawags: southern whites who supported the union
carpet baggers: notherners who moved south to help with reconstruction
klu klux klan: secret organization opposed to africans (they also couldn't spell)
sharecropping: a land owner renting farmland and giving seeds/tools to the person who grew crops and kept a large percentage of the profit
poll tax: required people to pay a tax to vote
jim crow laws: laws passed to enforce segregation that separated african americans from whites in public places
segregation: law passed to separate african americans from whites in public places (separating people)
plessy vs ferguson: supreme court case that upheld the law that african americans had to use separate places, but they had to be equal
Reconstruction Vocabulary
Across:1. | rebuilding the south and reuniting the union | 3. | helped free slaves and poor whites in south by giving them supplies | 4. | gave african americans the right to vote | 5. | law passed to separate african americans from whites in public places (separating people) | 10. | defined US citizens as anyone who was born in the US, including former slaves | 12. | formally charge a government official with a crime | 13. | secret organization opposed to africans (they also couldn't spell) | 14. | laws passed to enforce segregation that separated african americans from whites in public places |
| | Down:2. | notherners who moved south to help with reconstruction | 5. | southern whites who supported the union | 6. | supreme court case that upheld the law that african americans had to use separate places, but they had to be equal | 7. | required people to pay a tax to vote | 8. | a land owner renting farmland and giving seeds/tools to the person who grew crops and kept a large percentage of the profit | 9. | abolished slavery | 11. | laws after civil war to take advantage of blacks |
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Reconstruction Vocabulary
Across:1. | rebuilding the south and reuniting the union | 3. | helped free slaves and poor whites in south by giving them supplies | 4. | gave african americans the right to vote | 5. | law passed to separate african americans from whites in public places (separating people) | 10. | defined US citizens as anyone who was born in the US, including former slaves | 12. | formally charge a government official with a crime | 13. | secret organization opposed to africans (they also couldn't spell) | 14. | laws passed to enforce segregation that separated african americans from whites in public places |
| | Down:2. | notherners who moved south to help with reconstruction | 5. | southern whites who supported the union | 6. | supreme court case that upheld the law that african americans had to use separate places, but they had to be equal | 7. | required people to pay a tax to vote | 8. | a land owner renting farmland and giving seeds/tools to the person who grew crops and kept a large percentage of the profit | 9. | abolished slavery | 11. | laws after civil war to take advantage of blacks |
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