Memory ReconstructionVersión en línea Key events or concepts from Reconstruction por Daniel Yoder Considered by many to be the end of Reconstruction because of a deal to remove the military from the South KKK 14th Amendment Goal: to gain economic opportunity and make a decent life for themselves exercising new found freedoms Created five districts in the South to be run by the military Made Black Codes illegal an economic system in the South that came very close to slavery. Gov't agency that helped freedmen with education, health care, and basic needs. Freedmen's Bureau 15th Amendment First African American Senator "Redemption" Election of Hayes Black Codes Goal: Punish the South for the war by taking their power and giving rights and power to freedmen Enforcement Acts 13th Amendment Hiram Revels Used intimidation and violence to prevent freedmen from using their new rights. Reconstruction Act of 1867 the right to vote cannot be denied based on race or color Civil Rights Act of 1866 A southern white that votes republican A Northerner that goes to the South to take advantage of the economic opportunities there after the Civil War. Carpetbagger Southern laws denying rights to African Americans Scalawag Radical Republicans grants all rights and privileges of citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States Sharecropping Southern Democrats return to power as Reconstruction winds down. Put federal troops in areas of KKK activity and allowed the federal government to oversee local elections freedmen abolishes slavery
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