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program implemented by the federal government between 1865 and 1877 to repair damage to the South by the civil war and restore the southern states to the Union
congressman who advocated full citizenship rights for African American along with a harsh Reconstruction policy toward the South
required that a majority of prewar voters in the Confederate states swear loyalty to the Union before restoration could begin
federal agency designed to aid freed slaves and poor white farmers in the South after the Civil War
American Politician, 17th President of the U.S., serving from 1865 to 1869
laws that restricted African Americans' rights and opportunities
law that established federal guarantees of civil rights for all citizens
1868 constitutional amendment which defined citizenship and guaranteed citizens equal protection under the law
accusation against a public official of wrongdoing in office
1870 constitutional amendment that guaranteed voting rights regardless of race or previous condition of servitude
negative term for a southern white who supported the Republican Party after the Civil War
negative term for Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War
forced separation, oftentimes by race
process of bringing people of different races, religions, and social classes together
system in which a farmer tended a portion of a planter's land in return for a share of the crop
much like sharecropping, except that the farmer chose what crop he would plant and bought his own supplies
system in which a farmer paid rent to a landowner for the use of the land
organization that promotes hatred and discrimination against specific ethnic and religious groups
1870 and 1871 laws that made it a federal offense to interfere with a citizen's right to vote
term for white southern Democrats who returned to power after
American politician who served as the nineteenth president of the United States from 1877 to 1881
agreement by which Rutherford B. Hayes won the 1876 presidential election and in exchange agreed to remove the remaining federal troops from the South

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