| A | B |
|---|
| President Andrew Johnson | succeeds President Lincoln |
| Radical Republicans | group of northern Republicans .. They wanted to give slaves/freedmen political equality |
| Reconstruction | putting the nation back together after the Civil War ? a way for Southern States to become part of the United States again |
| Robert E. Lee | leader of Confederate Troops during the Civil War |
| Scott v. Sandford | this states slaves were not citizens .. Thus could not bring lawsuits |
| Sectionalism | the country .. United as 1 nation ? but split/divided over some issues ? developing different economic systems |
| share-cropping | land owner provides the land .. Sharecropper (farmer) must give back a large share of the produce to the land owner |
| Slave Codes | harsh laws against slaves .. No right to an education .. Severe punishment if caught running away |
| Slavery | working a person to death ? taking away a person's natural rights |
| Solid South | the South (largely former white plantation owners) give their support to the Democratic Party at the end of Reconstruction |
| Spirituals | religious music often sung by slaves |
| tenant farmer | farmer rents the land from an owner |
| Ulysses S. Grant | leader of Union troops during the Civil War |
| Underground Railroad | a way to escape slavery |
| Union | the North |
| W.E.B. DuBois | one of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) .. Wanted full economic and social equality for all people NOW .. Believed it could be done by working through the courts |
