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Recontruction in TX
7th Grade 4th Nine Weeks Texas History
Term | Definition |
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Provisional | temporary government |
Reconstruction | the reorganization and bringing of the seceded states back into the United States after the Civil War. This period lasted in Texas from April 1865 through March 30, 1870. |
Radical Republican | a Republican who believed that Congress should direct the Reconstruction and was considered a Northern sympathizer |
Pardon | official release from punishment of a crime |
Black Codes | restricted the rights of freed people |
13th Amendment | banned or abolished slavery |
Scalawag | a white Southerner who supported the Republic Reconstruction Plan |
14th Amendment | granted all citizens, including African Americans, rights as citizens |
Freedman's Bureau | an agency that Congress established to assist formerly enslaved people |
15th Amendment | guaranteed African American men the right to vote |
Ku Klux Klan | a post-Civil War secret society of white men that used violence and terror to block the reconstruction process |
Carpet Bagger | a Northerner in the South after the Civil War working for a Reconstruction government, usually seeking profit or personal gain |
19; Granger; Texas; de; in-slaved; free; June-teenth; Texas | On June ______, 1865, Union General Gordon ______ took over ______ and issued a ______ that all ______ people were ______. This is known as "______" or "______ Emancipation Day". |
Booth; Lincoln; Johnson; President | After John Wilkes ______ assassinated President Abraham ______, the Vice President, Andrew ______, became ______. |
governments; South; provisional; former; divide; military; general; remain; states; certain | All existing_____in the_____are illegal. The creation of a_____ govmnt in the_____Confed states would be established. Congress would____ the area into 5_____districts. An army_____will be in charge and would_____in place until____met____ requirements. |
white; oath; United States | Adult ______males will take an ______ of loyalty to the ______ ______. |
Confederated; officers; pardon | ______ officials and ______ had to request a ______. |