Civil War Vocabulary

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CIVIL WAR

Vocabulary

Black Codes

Laws restricting African Americans' freedom, forced them to work for low wages & caused debt.
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Jim Crow Laws

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation

BORDER STATE

SLAVE STATES THAT DID NOT SECEDE - Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware

EMANCIPATION Proclamation

Freed all slaves in the Confederacy

HABEAS CORPUS

PERSON UNDER ARREST MUST BE  BROUGHT BEFORE A JUDGE
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Reconstruction

The period after Civil War trying to re-unify United States
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SHARECROPPing

A FARMER (USUALLY AFRICAN AMERICAN) WHO GIVES PART OF EACH CROP AS RENT
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Grandfather Clause

Used to disenfranchise blacks. 
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AMNESTY

OFFICIAL PARDON FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF POLITICAL OFFENSE
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Sharecropping

System of farming where landowner allows tenant to use farm in return for a share of crops.
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TOTAL WAR

WAR THAT TARGETS MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LIFE
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