| A | B |
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| RECONSTRUCTION | Time period following Civil War. |
| JOHN WILKES BOOTH | President Lincoln's assassin. |
| THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT | Constitutional amendment that freed the slaves. |
| BLACK CODES | South's way of limiting black man's freedom; laws for blacks only |
| AMNESTY | Legislation restoring one to not guilty if originally were guilty of crime. |
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS | Abolitionist; Freed slave |
| FREEDMEN'S BUREAU | Provided help to freed slaves i.e. |
| CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866 | gave all citizens civil rights but did not enforce for blacks. No federal penalties in place. |
| FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT | Constitutional amendment that gave citizenship and all rights under the constitution if born/naturalized citizen. |
| RECONSTRUCTION ACTS | A series of acts intended to help rebuild the South. |
| ULYSSES S. GRANT | Accepted the surrender of General Robert Lee at Appomatox |
| FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT | Gave slaves voting rights like all citizens |
| CARPETBAGGERS | Persons from North who went to South to profit. |
| SCALAWAGS | Southern whites who collaborated with Northerners |
| KU KLUX KLAN | Southern white hood-wearing extremists reactionaries |
| ENFORCEMENT ACTS | Used to protect blacks after passage of 14th amendment |
| CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1875 | Declared unconstitutional in 1883; provided equal accommodations to all regardless of race, etc. |
| REDEEMERS | Southern political coalition seeking to oust carpetbaggers, scalawags. |
| SAMUEL J. TILDEN | Democratic candidate who ran against Rutherford B. Hayes for president in 1876. |
| RUTHERFORD B. HAYES | President of U.S. following Johnson |
| COMPROMISE OF 1877 | Deal accepted by Rutherford B. Hayes to cinch his presidency |
| SHARECROPPING | Title given to former slaves/indentured servants for sharing financial benefits of land labor. |
| CROP-LIEN SYSTEM | Used by farmers to get credit on anticipated crops. |
| POLL TAXES | Fee levied on freed black slaves for voting purposes |
| LITERACY TESTS | Tests used to deny voting rights to blacks |
| SEGREGATION | Separation of the races |
| JIM CROW LAWS | Segregation laws. |
| PLESSY V. FERGUSON | Supreme court case upholding racial segregation. |
| MADAME C.J. WALKER | Hair care products entrepreneur; businesswoman |
| BOOKER T. WASHINGTON | Educator; Autobiography entitled "Up from Slavery" |
| IDA B. WELLS | Investigative journalist; documented black lynchings |
