| A | B |
|---|
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th president of the United States |
| Andrew Johnson | 17th president of the United States |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Document announcing slaves were freed |
| 13th amendment | Banned slavery in the U.S. |
| 14th amendment | Granted citizenship & equal protection of law to all born in U.S. |
| 15th amendment | Gave all citizens the right to vote |
| Reconstruction | a rebuilding of the Union after Civil War |
| assassinate | to murder by a sudden or secret attack |
| black codes | laws passed to limit the rights of former slaves |
| acquittal | a verdict of not guilty |
| Time period of Reconstruction | 1865 - 1877 |
| How black codes affected African Americans | Not allowed to vote or travel freely |
| Frederick Douglass | an escaped slave who fought for voting rights & human rights |
| carpetbagger | a Northerner who went to the South to profit from Reconstruction |
| Freedmen's Bureau | agency that helped former slaves |
| Secret ballot | Not letting anyone know how you voted |
| Reconstruction ended | With the election of 1876 |
| Segregation | Separation of people based on race |
| Sharecropping | Letting someone farm your land in exchange for share of crops |
| Scalawag | White Southerner who supported Reconst. & took advantage of others |
| Civil Rights Act of 1866 | Law saying African Americans can hold office. Soldiers enforce |
| Robert E. Lee | Became president of Washington & Lee University after the war |
