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| the rebuilding of the nation after war |
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| to pardon/forgive someone who has commited a crime or done something wrong |
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| letting a the current session of congress expire without signing a legislation; resulting in the bill not being passed |
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| african americans who followed sherman's troops seeking food and shelter. |
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| bureau that is given the task of feeding and clothing refugees |
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| democratic president who took presidential office after Lincoln's assasination. |
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| laws that limited and restricted the rights of african americans. |
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| civil rights act: granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and declared that no state could deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without "due process of law". it also declared that no state could deprive any person of "equal protection of the laws." |
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| military reconstruction act |
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| divided the former confederacy, except tennessee, into 5 military districts. |
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| declared that the right to vote shall not be denied to anyone on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. |
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| republicans agreed to withdraw the remaining federal troops from the south. |
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| paying rent for the land they farmed. |
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| paid a share of their crops, often as much as 2/3, to cover their rent costs. |
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