TCI: Lesson 11 Reconstruction
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mwfoley Plus on May 7, 2012
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Reconstruction
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US History: Pursuing American Ideals
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Thirteenth Amendment | a constitutional change ratified in 1865 abolishing slavery in the United States. |
| Freedman's Bureau | A federal agency established to assist former slaves and poor whites by providing food, clothing, education and medical care. |
| black codes | laws enacted in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to restrict freedom and opportunities for African Americans. |
| civil rights | a right that is guaranteed to all citizens of a country. |
| Radical Republicans | members of a certain political party who believed in and fought for the emancipation of slaves and, later, the equal rights of American Blacks. |
| Fourteenth Amendment | a constitutional change ratified in 1868 granting citizenship to all former slaves by declaring that anyone born in the United States is a citizen; it also extended to blacks the rights of due process of law and equal protection under the law. |
| Fifteenth Amendment | a constitutional change ratified in 1870 |
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