| 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 |