| A | B |
|---|
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the United States |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Lincoln freed the slaves in the states in rebellion (Confederacy) |
| 13th Amendment | abolished slavery |
| 14th Amendment | all people born or naturalized in the U.S. are citizens |
| 15th Amendment | Could not deny African Americans the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condidtion of servitude |
| Freedmen's Bureau | agency set up to help newly freed African Americans |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Supreme Court case that upheld doctrine of "separate but equal" |
| Ku Klux Klan | Secret society set up to terrorize African Americans and their white supporters. |
| Confederacy | The "South" - the states that seceded from the Union. The Confederate States of America. |
| Union | The "North" - Refers to the U.S.A. during the Civil War |
