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What is Segregation
Separation of people based on race
13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery
Slavery
The act of forcing someone to do your work with no pay and they couldn't leave.
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that kept segregation in place
19th Amendment
Gave Women the right to vote
What is the Reconstruction Era
The period after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt
14th Amendment
Gave African Americans citizenship and equal protection under the law
Black Codes
Voting
The act of choosing something by vote
What side of the country mostly had slavery
South
What is an Abolitionist
A person who wanted to end slavery
15th Amendment
Women's Suffrage
The right for women to vote
Slave States
States that allowed Slavery
Free States
What is Suffrage
The right to vote
19th Amendment
Gave Women the Right to vote
What side of the country had barely any slavery
North
What years did most states ratify the 19th amendment
What year did slavery get abolished
1865
What is Emancipation
The act of setting someone free
Freedmen's Bureau
Helped former slaves with education, housing, and jobs
Missouri Compromise
Kept balance between Free and Slave States
Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
First major women’s rights gathering
Underground Railroad
Routes where enslaved people could go through to travel somewhere that's free.