| A | B |
|---|
| SUFFRAGE | voting rights |
| CARPET BAGGERS | northerners who moved to the South after the war |
| ANDREW JOHNSON | president who tried to block Congressional Reconstruction |
| JIM CROW LAWS | laws passed to enforce segregation |
| SEGREGATION | the forced separation of people of different races in public |
| SCALAWAGS | term used for Texans who supported the Republicans |
| BLACK CODES | laws passed after Reconstruction to deny African American's civil rights |
| FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT | gave suffrage to African American men |
| FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT | guaranteed citizenship and equal right to African Americans |
| IMPEACH | bring charges of wrongdoing against a public official |
| NORRIS WRIGHT CUNEY | African American leader of the Texas Repulican Party |
| JUNETEENTH | Texas celebrates this day to mark the freeing of slaves |
| KU KLUX KLAN | Used terror and intimidation on African Americans |
| ANDREW JOHNSON | President after the assassination of President Lincoln |
| RADICAL REPUBLICANS | Push for a greater role in Reconstruction |
| GORDON GRANGER | Union General who announced the Emancipation of slaves in Texas |
| RECONSTRUCTION | Process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding southern states, lasted from 1865 to 1877 |
| 13TH AMENDMENT | Slavery was abolished |
| ILLITTERACY | Inability to read and write |
| RECONSTRUCTION ACTS | Beginning of Congressional Reconstruction |
| MILITARY DISTRICTS | South was divided |
| PHILIP SHERIDAN | Head of Fifth Military District |
| ULYSES GRANT | Elected President in 1868 |
| REPUBLICAN | Congressional Reconstruction led to this party in Texas |
| SCALAWAS | Texans who supported the Republicans |
| RICHARD COKE | Democrat |
| FREEDMANS BUREAU | Provided free people help |
