| A | B |
|---|
| Freedman | Men and women who were legally freed after the Civil War. |
| Poll Tax | A tax that had to be paid before a person could vote. This tax was enacted after the right to vote was extended to all races. It was part of Jim Crow laws that were put into place in the South following the Civil War. |
| Literacy Test | A test to see if a person can read and write; used in the past to restrict voting rights |
| Lincoln's Main goal for Reconstruction | To quickly restore the Union |
| Grandfather Clause | Law that excused a voter from a literacy test if his father or grandfather had been eligible to vote. |
| Freedmens's Bureau | Provided emergency reliefy for those people displaced by war |
| Black Codes | Southern laws that severely limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War. |
| Amnesty | A government pardon |
| Segregation | Forced separation of races |
| Radical Reconstruction | Imposed military rule on southern states |
| Ku Klux Klan | Used fear and violence as a result of anger about losing power |
