| A | B |
|---|
| Reconstruction | the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War |
| Andrew Johnson | suceeded Abe Lincoln as President |
| Thirteenth Amendment | banned slavery in the United States |
| Fourteenth Amendment | granted citizenship to all persons born in the US |
| Fifteenth Amendment | granted the right to vote to African American males |
| black codes | southern laws that severely limited freedom |
| Freedman's Bureau | helped former slaves with food and clothing |
| carpetbaggers | a name given to northerners who came South seeking personal gain. |
| Ku Klux Klan | a secret society against blacks and white republicans |
| Conservatives | wanted the South to change as little as possible |
| sharecroppers | people who farmed land owned by someone else |
| poll tax | a fee required by voters before voting |
| segregation | separating people of different races in public places |
| lynching | iilegal seizure and execution of someone by a mob |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Supreme Court ruling "separate but equal" |
| Jim Crow laws | laws that separated people of different races |
| emancipate | set free |
| martial law | rule by the Army |
| inflation | a rise in prices |
| profiteers | people who overcharged for needed goods |
