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Reconstruction1865-1877
12 years after the Civil War when former Confederate States were
brought back to the United States.
Amendment: change to the ConstitutionAmendment: change to the Constitution
13th Amendment: Bans slavery in the United States and any of its territories
14th Amendment: Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. and guarantees them equal protection under the law
15th Amendment: Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color or previous condition of servitude
Radical Republicans believed the South should be forced with an army to ratify the 14th and 15th amendments
Policies were harsh and created problems in the South
Reconstruction attempted to give rights and freedom to freedmen
Military Reconstruction Act: divided the South into
military districts. Northern soldiers were sent to enforce reconstruction
polices.
Southern military leaders could not hold office
African Americans could hold public office
Northern soldiers supervised the South
Created during Reconstruction The country’s 1st federal relief
agency Established to aid former
enslaved African Americans from the South Gave out meals,
medical supplies, and clothing
Set up schools for African Americans
Educated more than 250,000
Civil Rights Act of 1866: African Americans gained equal rightsAuthorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement
Northerners who moved to post war South to profit from the South
Name was given because of cheap suitcase made of carpet
Southern resented Northern “carpetbaggers” who took advantage of South during reconstruction
White Southern Republicans To be a southern republican
was seen as being a traitor to the South
As freedmen gained their freedom and some rights, Southern states started Black Codes to restrict black rights
Black Codes limited the economic and physical freedoms of former slaves
Curfews (could not go out after sunset)
Vagrancy (those convicted of not working were fined for years work)
Land restrictions (could only rent homes in rural areas)
• A farming system where white planters rented individual pieces of land to freedmen in return for a
large portion of crops• Limited freedmen’s economic
freedom