| A | B |
|---|
| freedman | freed slave |
| Reconstruction | to the period of time when the South was rebuilt |
| Ten Percent Plan | where a Southern state could form a new gobernment after 10% of its voters swore an oath of loyalty |
| Wade-Davis Bill | required white men in the South to swear loyalty to the Union |
| Freedman Bureau | this bill provided food and clothing to former slaves. It also tried to find them jobs. |
| Thirteenth Ammendment | banned slavery throughout the nation. |
| Black Codes | laws that limited the rights of freedman |
| Radical Republicans | group of Republicans in Congress who wanted to protect the rights of Freedman in the South |
| Fourteenth Ammendment | granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States |
| Fifteenth Ammendment | forbade any state from denying African-Americans the right to vote. |
