| A | B |
|---|
| Abraham Lincoln | president who favored quick readmission of southern states to the Union; assassinated by John Wilkes Booth |
| Andrew Johnson | president who did not believe that African-Americans should get equality or voting rights; impeached by the House of Representatives |
| Radical Republicans | members of Congress who believed in giving African-Americans equality and voting rights; impeached Andrew Johnson |
| Solid South | name given to the region of the country that consistently supported the Democratic Party |
| Military Districts | southern states were controlled by the US military during Reconstruction |
| 14th Amendment | anyone born in the US is a citizen; equality for African-Americans |
| 15th Amendment | voting rights for African-American men |
| Poll Tax | requirement where people needed to pay money to vote |
| Literacy Test | requirement that people needed to pass a test in order to vote |
| Grandfather Clause | a way for poor and uneducated whites to still be able to vote |
| KKK | terrorist organization that tried to prevent African-Americans from exercising their rights |
