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HISTORY
Reconstruction
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History
7th Grade
09/13/2012

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Term
W.E.DUBOIS
Definition
Segregation should be stopped now.  FULL political, civil and social rights for African Americans
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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
Definition
  • Accepted segregation 
  • Equality gained through vocational education
  • worry about segregation after education
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ROBERT E. LEE
Definition
  • urged southerners to reconcile at the end of the war and reunite as Americans
  • became president of Washington College which is now known as Washington and Lee University
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Definition
  • reconstruction plan called for reconcilliation
  • preservation of the union was more important than punishing the south
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FREDERICK DOUGLAS
Definition
  • wanted constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights
  • powerful human voice for human rights and civil liberties for all
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THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT

(13)

Definition
ended/banned slavery in the U.S.
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FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT

(14)

Definition
gave citizenship to blacks and full protection under the law (life, liberty and property)
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FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT

(15)

Definition
gave black men the right to vote
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PLESSY vs. FERGUSON
Definition
"Separate but equal" - Supreme Court case
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JIM CROW AND SEGREGATION LAWS

(BLACK CODES)

Definition
Laws that limited the right of blacks.  It kept blacks and whites separate and gave power to the rich whites
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JIM CROW LAWS
Definition
  • made discrimination legal in many communities and states
  • gave unequal opportunities in housing, work, education and government
  • rights that African Americans had gained were lost
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Southern military leaders could or could not hold office?

 

Definition
Could not
Term
Who took advantage of the south during reconstruction?
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Carpetbaggers
Term
African Americans gained equal rights given by this
Definition
Civil Rights Act of 1866
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Could not hold public office
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African Americans
Term
Established aid to former slaves in the south
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Freedman's Bureau
Term
These were adopted to limit the economic and physical freedom of former slaves
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Black Codes
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1877
Definition
Reconstruction ended
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