Vocabulary VIII
Ku Klux Klan: Secret Society formed during Reconstruction to intimidate blacks and northerners.
Jim Crow Laws: Local and State laws intended to segregate and intimidate blacks.
Freedmen’s Bureau: A Federal Agency created to aid recently freed slaves in a hostile south.
13th Amendment: Abolishes slavery
14th Amendment: Defines Citizenship, gives Due Process and Equal Protection
15th Amendment: Protects suffrage (the right to vote)
Industrialization: The process of going from an agricultural (farming) society to a diverse industrial (manufacturing) society.
Reconstruction: The Era of Federal oversight of the restructuring of the south between 1863-1870.
Gatling Gun: A rotating gun that allowed and increase in the rate of fire. First used by Union forces.
John Wilkes Booth: Confederate sympathizer who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
Jim Crow Laws: Local and State laws intended to segregate and intimidate blacks.
Freedmen’s Bureau: A Federal Agency created to aid recently freed slaves in a hostile south.
13th Amendment: Abolishes slavery
14th Amendment: Defines Citizenship, gives Due Process and Equal Protection
15th Amendment: Protects suffrage (the right to vote)
Industrialization: The process of going from an agricultural (farming) society to a diverse industrial (manufacturing) society.
Reconstruction: The Era of Federal oversight of the restructuring of the south between 1863-1870.
Gatling Gun: A rotating gun that allowed and increase in the rate of fire. First used by Union forces.
John Wilkes Booth: Confederate sympathizer who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
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