The Reconstruction Era Chapter 23 Vocabulary Reconstruction Reconstruction
The Reconstruction Era Chapter 23 Vocabulary
Reconstruction
Reconstruction • The period after the Civil War when the federal government ruled the southern states in order to rebuild them and allow them back into the Union
freedmen
freedmen
freedmen
freedmen • African Americans who had been set free from slavery
Freedmen’s Bureau
Freedmen’s Bureau
Freedmen’s Bureau
Freedmen’s Bureau
Freedmen’s Bureau • Created by Congress in March 1865 to assist Southern blacks and whites in the transition from a society based on slavery to one allowing freedom.
civil rights
civil rights
civil rights
civil rights • The rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution to all people as citizens, especially equal treatment under the law.
scalawags
scalawags
Scalawags (Civil War definition) • White southerners who supported the federal government after the Civil War
Scalawags (traditional definition) • A child who causes trouble but not in a serious way • A person (usually young) who causes trouble
carpetbaggers
carpetbaggers
carpetbaggers • Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War to get rich and seize political power
Jim Crow
Jim Crow • Was a black character performed by white actor Thomas D. Rice in blackface in the mid 1800’s • It was a caricature of African Americans • It was meant to make fun of Andrew Jackson’s policies
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws • Laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the South after the Civil War.
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