| A | B |
|---|
| 14th Amendment | States cannot deny individuals basic civil rights |
| 13th Amendment | Amendment that banned slavery |
| 15th Amendment | Amendment that prohibited states from denying the right to vote (to former slaves) |
| Ratify | Approve |
| Impeach | To bring charges against an official in office |
| Poll tax | Fee paid by a voter in order to vote |
| Literacy test | Exam to see if a person can read and write |
| Property requirement | A man must own property in order to vote |
| Jim Crow laws | Laws that segregated public places |
| Black codes | Laws that limited to rights of freedmen |
| Sharecropper | Farmer who worked land owned by another and gives the landowner part of the harvest |
| Segregation | Separation of people of different races |
| Abolish | To do away with |
| Reconstruction | Policy of rebuilding the South |
| Radical Republicans | Wanted to "radically" change the South after the Civil War; pushed for equality and an end to the plantation culture |
| KKK | Group that terrorized African Americans and other minority groups |
| Carpetbaggers | Northerners who went to the South |
| Freedmen's Bureau | Agency that helped former slaves |
