| A | B |
|---|
| Radical Republicans | Punish the South rather than reconcile |
| Wade-Davis Bill | Compromise between Lincoln and Radical Republicans |
| Ten Percent Plan | Reconcile rather than punish |
| Reconstruction | Rebuilding the South after the War |
| Amnesty | A pardon or forgiveness |
| Freedman | Freed African American slaves |
| Freedman’s Bureau | Congress established, helped feed and cloth war refugees. |
| Black Codes | Laws limited rights of African Americans in the South. |
| Fourteenth Amendment | Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. |
| Fifteenth Amendment | The right to vote could not be denied on account of race, color, or previous servitude. |
| Civil Rights Act | An effort by Congress to override the Black Codes. |
