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Reconstruction the period of time when the United States made policies to rebuild the South
Ku Klux Klan formed in 1866 and began terrorizing African Americans and whites who supported their rights
Ten-Percent Plan when 10 percent of a southern state's voters had taken oath, they could organize a new state government, which had to ban slavery
Johnson's Plan he was determined to keep control of Reconstruction; his plan was similar to Lincoln's but he added wealthy southern men to those who had to apply for a presidental pardon; it also let white southerners form a state government on their own
Black Codes these gave freedmen certain rights, but their intent was to keep the former slaves in a dependent position and give planters a supply of cheap labor; some states had contracts
Civil Rights Act of 1866 this bill gave African Americans citizenship and guaranteed them the same legal rights as white Americans
Radical Republicans members of Congress who wanted a stronger Reconstruction program; they favored tougher rules for restoring state governmentsl they wanted to reshape southern society, giving freedmen political and economic equality
Fourteenth Amendment required states to grant citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" and promised "equal protection of the laws." In effect, it wrote the Civil Rights Act of 1866 into the Constitution
Fifteenth Amendment it protected the voting rights of African American males and went into effect in 1870
Scalawags white southerners who supported changes; were called scoundrels, by ex-Confederates
Carpetbaggers southerners called northerners this in reference to a type of suitcase made of carpet fabric
Sharecropping instead of working for wages, freedmen could receive a share of their employer's crop
Tenant Farming rented their land from the landowner and could grow any crop
End of Reconstruction freedmen lose many of their gains
Radical Reconstruction term popularized by anti-Reconstruction Southern Conservatives; when radical policy proposals never beacame laws

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  1. Fourteenth Amendment → required states to grant citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" and promised "equal protection of the laws." In effect, it wrote the Civil Rights Act of 1866 into the Constitution - 2 misses
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