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Reconstroction - Compromise of 1877

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155457262Reconstructionthe period after the Civil War in the United States when Northerners rebuilt southern factories, cities, and plantations that were destroyed.
155457263Andrew JohnsonMan who proposed relativelly lenient plan of reconstruction.
155457264Black CodesSouthern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves
155457265Civil Rightsthe rights of full citizenship and equality under the law
155457266Fourteenth Ammendmentconstitutional ammendment ratified in 1868 to guarantee citizens equal protection under the law
155457267Sharecroppingsystem in which landowners leased a few acres of land to farmworkers in return for a portion of their crops
155457268lynchassassinate; kill; illegal hanging
155457269fifteenth ammendmentGuranteed the right to vote to men regardless of their race
155457270Panic of 1873Start of a 4 Year Depression after the Civil War
155457271Compromise of 1877This settled the election of 1876, troops were removed from Louisiana and South Carolina and concessions for building a southern transcontinental railroad made
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