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01/09/2015

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freeedman
Definition
a man who has been freed from slavery.
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freedmens bureau
Definition
an agency of the War Department set up in 1865 to assist freed slaves in obtaining relief, land, jobs, fair treatment, and education.
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reconstruction
Definition
the process by which the states that had seceded were reorganized as part of the Union after the Civil War.
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disfranchise
Definition
to deprive of a franchise, privilege, or right.
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thirteenth amendment
Definition
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery.
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nullify
Definition
to render or declare legally void or inoperative
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discrimination
Definition
an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
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black codes
Definition
any code of law that defined and especially limited therights of former slaves after the Civil War.
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fourteenth amendment
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an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons.
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carbetbaggers
Definition
U.S. History. a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, especially so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction.
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scalawags
Definition
a scamp; rascal.
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ku klux klan
Definition
a secret organization in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired powers of blacks and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings.
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suffrage
Definition
the right to vote, especially in a political election.
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Georgia act
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