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HIUS 222 Midterm ExamFourteenth Amendment - ANS-A constitutional amendment giving full rights of
citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, except for American
Indians.
Congressional Reconstruction - ANS-The return of 11 ex-Confederates to high offices
and the passage of the Black Codes by southern legislatures angered the Republicans
in Congress so that they adopted a plan that was harsher on southern whites and more
protective of freed blacks.
Ku Klux Klan - ANS-A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used
terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.
Redeemers - ANS-Largely former slave owners who were the bitterest opponents of the
Republican program in the South. Staged a major counterrevolution to "redeem" the
south by taking back southern state governments. Their foundation rested on the idea of
racism and white supremacy. Redeemer governments waged and agressive assault on
African Americans.
Solid South - ANS-Term applied to the one-party (Democrat) system of the South
following the Civil War. For 100 years after the Civil War, the South voted Democrat in
every presidential election.
League of Nations - ANS-an international organization formed in 1920 to promote
cooperation and peace among nations
Espionage Act - ANS-This law, passed after the United States entered WWI, imposed
sentences of up to twenty years on anyone found guilty of aiding the enemy, obstructing
recruitment of soldiers, or encouraging disloyalty. It allowed the postmaster general to
remove from the mail any materials that incited treason or insurrection.
Southern Farmers' Alliance - ANS-The largest of several organizations that formed in
the post-Reconstruction South to advance the interests of beleaguered small farmers
Settlement Houses - ANS-Community centers located in the slums and near tenements
that gave aid to the poor, especially immigrants
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