| A | B |
|---|
| abridged | to lessen (rights, authority, etc.) |
| Black Codes | regulations passed by Southern state governments during Reconstruction to prohibit African-Americans from voting |
| Civil Rights Act of 1866 | Act of Congress which attempted to protect rights of African-Americans following the Civil War, it was not effective because the president refused to enforce it and the Supreme Court refused to hear cases on it |
| Civil Rights Act of 1875 | Act of Congress which gave the federal government the power to enforce the protections of citizens' rights under the 14th amendment, this was not enforced by the President and was considered unconstitutional by the Sup. Court |
| Civil War Amendments | 13th, 14th, 15th amendments which freed slaves, granted them citizenship and guaranteed them the rights of citizens |
| grandfather clauses | laws passed by the Southern states to prevent African Americans from voting by requireing that a voters grandfather must have voted in the past |
| Ku Klux Klan | group intended upon intimidating blacks |
| literacy tests | a suffrage qualification used to determine fitness for voting by means of reading or "understanding" the test |
| Nineteenth Amendment | adopted in 1920, it prohibited states from denying the right to vote based on gender |
| poll taxes | voters in many Southern States were required to pay taxes before voting |
| privelges and immunities clause | special rights and exemptions provided by law |
| Reconstruction | period after the Civil War |
| Slaughterhouse Cases | group of Supreme Court cases in which the court determined that the priveleges and immunities clause of the 14th amendment applies only to the priveleges of the individual by virtue of national citizenship |
| vigilante | groups which intimidate |
