A | B |
Reconstruction | time after Civil war where the South was rebuilt |
14th Amendment | law that said African Americans were citizens |
13th Amendment | law that said there was no more slavery in the U.S. |
15th Amendment | law that said African American men could vote |
Civil War | fighting between the North and the South |
Abraham Lincoln | president assassinated after the Civil War |
Booker T. Washington | created Tuskeegee Institute to helps African Americans have jobs |
senators and representatives | leaders in the government |
Southern military leaders | not able to be in elected office after Civil War |
equality | treating people the same or equally |
vote | to choose your leaders |
amendment | a law that is a part of the Constitution |