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Reconstruction Vocabulary (1865-1877)

This document defines key terms related to the Reconstruction era in the United States following the Civil War. It includes definitions of Radical Republicans, Reconstruction, the Freedmen's Bureau, Black Codes, the Fourteenth Amendment, Freedmen's schools, sharecropping, the Ku Klux Klan, the Fifteenth Amendment, the Panic of 1873, and the Compromise of 1877. These definitions cover political groups, government policies and programs, laws, amendments, economic events, and agreements that shaped the Reconstruction period from 1865 to 1877.

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Reconstruction Vocabulary (1865-1877)

This document defines key terms related to the Reconstruction era in the United States following the Civil War. It includes definitions of Radical Republicans, Reconstruction, the Freedmen's Bureau, Black Codes, the Fourteenth Amendment, Freedmen's schools, sharecropping, the Ku Klux Klan, the Fifteenth Amendment, the Panic of 1873, and the Compromise of 1877. These definitions cover political groups, government policies and programs, laws, amendments, economic events, and agreements that shaped the Reconstruction period from 1865 to 1877.

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Chapter 18: Reconstruction (1865-1877)

Vocabulary Words and Definitions


1) Radical Republicans: a congressman who, after the Civil War, favored using the
government to create a new order in the South and to give African Americans full
citizenship and the right to vote.
2) Reconstruction: the process the U.S. government used to readmit the Confederate states
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to the Union after the Civil War.


Freedmens Bureau: a federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War.
Black codes: a law passed by Southern states that limited the freedom of former slaves.
Civil rights: Rights granted to all citizens.
Fourteenth Amendment: an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, passed in 1868, that
made all persons born or naturalized in the United States (including former slaves)

citizens of the country.


7) Freedmens school: a school set up to educate newly freed African Americans.
8) Sharecropping: a system in which landowners gave farm workers land, seed, and tools in
return for a part of the crops they raised.
9) Ku Klux Klan: a group formed in 1866 that wanted to restore Democratic control of the
South and to keep former slaves powerless.
10)
Fifteenth Amendment: passed in 1870, this amendment to the U.S. Constitution
stated that citizens could not be stopped from voting on account of race, color, or
previous conditions of servitude.
11)
Panic of 1873: a financial crisis in which banks closed and the credit system
collapsed.
12)
Compromise of 1877: the agreement that resolved an 1876 election dispute;
Rutherford B. Hayes became president and then removed the last federal troops from the
South.
Captulo 18: Reconstruccin (1865-1877)
Las palabras de vocabulario y definiciones
1) republicanos radicales: un congresista que, despus de la Guerra Civil, favoreci el uso
del gobierno de crear un nuevo orden en el Sur y para dar los afroamericanos ciudadana
plena y el derecho al voto.

2) Reconstruccin: el proceso del gobierno EE.UU. utiliza para readmitir a los estados
confederados a la Unin despus de la Guerra Civil.
3) Oficina de Libertos: una agencia federal creada para ayudar a los antiguos esclavos
despus de la Guerra Civil.
4) Cdigos negros: una ley aprobada por los estados del sur que limitan la libertad de los
antiguos esclavos.
5) Los derechos civiles: los derechos reconocidos a todos los ciudadanos.
6) Decimocuarta Enmienda: una enmienda a la Constitucin de EE.UU., aprobada en
1868, que hizo que todas las personas nacidas o naturalizadas en los Estados Unidos
(incluidos los antiguos esclavos) de los ciudadanos del pas.
7) la escuela de libertos: una escuela creada para educar a los afroamericanos recin
liberados.
8) La aparcera: un sistema en el que los propietarios de la tierra dieron los trabajadores
agrcolas, semillas y herramientas a cambio de una parte de los cultivos que plantearon.
9) Ku Klux Klan: un grupo formado en 1866 que quera restaurar el control Democrtica
del Sur y para mantener a los antiguos esclavos impotentes.
10) Decimoquinta Enmienda: aprobada en 1870, esta enmienda a la Constitucin de
EE.UU. declar que los ciudadanos no podran ser detenidos de votar "por motivos de
raza, color, o las condiciones previas de la servidumbre."
11) Pnico de 1873: una crisis financiera en la que los bancos cerrados y el sistema de
crdito colapsaron.
12) Compromiso de 1877: el acuerdo que resuelva una disputa electoral 1876; Rutherford
B. Hayes se convirti en presidente y luego se retira las ltimas tropas federales del Sur.

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