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