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Reconstruction into Big Business
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Social Studies
8th Grade
09/14/2013

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Reconstruction

 

Definition
The rebuilding of the South following the Civil War.
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13th Amendment
Definition

This said that slavery was no longer permitted in the United States.

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carpetbaggers
Definition

Name given by southerners to northern whites who went south to start businesses or gain political office.

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Jim Crow laws
Definition
Laws passed in southern states that barred the mixing of races in almost every aspect of life.
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14th Amendment
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This guaranteed all citizens "equal protection of the law."

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Transcontinental Railroad
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This transportation system spanned (crossed) the continent, connecting east to west.

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subsidies
Definition
Grants of land or money
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