A | B |
scalawags | name given to white southerner supporters of carpetbaggers |
black codes | greatly limited the freedom of blacks in the South |
freedman's bureau | agency created by Congress to provide relief for all poor people in the South |
amnesty | official pardon for all illegal acts |
13th amendment | made slavery illegal in US |
14th amendment | guaranteed citizenship to blacks |
carpetbagger | northerners who went South after the Civil War |
15th amendment | gave blacks the right to vote |
plessy v ferguson | established the principle of separate but equal |