| A | B |
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| Reconstruction | time period when the U.S. focused on rebuilding the south |
| amnesty | official pardon for all illegal acts supporting the rebellion of the Confederate States of America |
| Thirteenth Amendment | amendment that made slavery illegal throughout the United States |
| Freedmen's Bureau | established to provide relief for all poor people-black and white- in the South |
| John Wilkes Booth | person who assassinated Lincoln |
| Union | side that won the Civil War |
| Fourteenth Amendment | guaranteed citizenship and equal protection under the law to all people born or naturalized within the United States with the exception of American Indians |
| divided the South into five districts controlled by military commanders; required all southern states to create new state constitutions supporting the 14th amendment; states would be required to give African men the right to vote | terms of the Reconstruction Acts |
| Andrew Johnson | became president when Lincoln was assassinated and the first president to be impeached |
| Fifteenth Amendment | gave African American men the right to vote |
| impeach | accuse a public official of wrongdoings |
| reconstruction | word that means rebuild |
| carpetbaggers | name given to Republicans from the North who moved to the South during Reconstruction |
| scalawags | name that southern Democrats gave to southern Republicans during Reconstruction; means "liars" and "cheats" |
