| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 13th | amendment that offically BANNED SLAVERY in the US |
| 15th | amendment that gave VOTING rights to African-American MEN |
| sharecropping | economic method that was used in the South after the war; did not allow African-Americans to move up in society |
| Black Codes | laws that were passed to limit African-American freedoms in the South after the Civil War |
| John Wilkes Booth | assassin of Abraham Lincoln |
| Andrew Johnson | Lincoln's vice president, was impeached because Congress thought he was abusing his power |
| impeach | the act of removing someone from office; requires 2/3rds of Senate to pass |
| Reconstruction | process of reuniting the country and rebuilding the South after the Civil War |
| Congress | the name for the combined House of Representatives and Senate |
| amnesty | offical pardon |
| segregation | forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places |
| Compromise of 1877 | an agreement between Republicans & Democrats that ENDED Reconstruction |
| exodusters | 2nd wave of freed slaves who came to KS, very poor, named from Bible |
| tenant farming | renting land out for a portion of the profit |
| depression | an extended period of time when the economy of a country is poor |
| Nicodemus | a town settled by African Americans in Western KS |
| Pap Singleton | man who bought land for freed slaves from Tennessee, helped them move to KS |
| Push-Pull Factors | events and conflicts that cause people to migrate from country to country |
| Push Factor | something that makes you want to LEAVE a country |
| Pull Factor | something that makes you want to ENTER a country |
| chain migration | movement of people in which one person moves to a country, and then brings their familes, who bring their families, ETC |
| class system | a method of organizing a group of people, established an UPPER and LOWER class, used in England |
| pacifist | a person who does not approve of violence or war |
| bigotry | when a person who does not agree with different lifestyles from their own (race, religion, sexuality, etc) |
| communal | a town where people live and work together, everyone shares in ownership |
| famine | long periods of starvation & disease |
| political turmoil | the reason why many immigrants from SE Asia moved to KS in the 1970s |
| depletion | using something up, getting rid of |
| reservations | areas of land RESERVED for Native Americans to live on, usually poor quality land |
| Broken Promises | series of agreements the US government failed to keep towards the Native Americans |
| Indian Wars | 1850 to 1890; series of conflicts between the US Army / settlers and different Native American tribes |
| George Custer | leader of the 7th Cavalry during the Indian Wars; arrogant and rushed into Little Bighorn |
| buffalo soldiers | group of African American cavalry troopers who served during the Indian Wars to WWI, stationed at Fort Riley |
| Abraham Lincoln | president during the Civil War; freed slaves |
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