| A | B |
| FREEDMAN'S BUREAU | CREATED BY CONGRESS TO FEED AND EDUCATE NEWLY FREED SLAVES |
| 10% RECONSTRUCTION PLAN | LINCOLN'S PLAN |
| WADE-DAVIS BILL | RADICAL REPUBLICAN PLAN; 50% OF PEOPLE SIGN LOYALTY OATH BEFORE STATE READMITTED |
| BLACK CODES | LAWS IN SOUTH TO "REGULATE" NEWLY FREED SLAVES |
| PACIFIC RAILROAD ACT | PASSED WITHOUT SOUTHERNERS IN CONGRESS; SET ROUTE OF TRANSCONTINENTAL RR |
| CIVIL RIGHTS BILL | 1866; AFRICAN-AMERICANS GET CITIZENS' RIGHTS; PASSED BY REPUBLICANS |
| 14TH AMENDMENT | STATES HAD TO RATIFY THIS TO REJOIN THE UNION; CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO ALL MEN |
| RECONSTRUCTION ACT | DIVIDES SOUTH INTO 5 MILITARY DISTRICTS COMMANDED BY UNION GENERALS |
| 15TH AMENDMENT | GUARANTEED RIGHT TO VOTE TO ALL MEN |
| EX PARTE MILLIGAN | RULING: MILITARY TRIBUNES CANNOT TRY CIVILIANS IF CIVIL COURTS ARE OPEN |
| REDEEMERS | "HOME RULE" WHITE REGIMES (DEM.) WHO TAKE OVER WHEN FEDERAL TROOPS LEAVE |
| WOMAN'S LOYAL LEAGUE | GATHERED 400,000 SIGNATURES ON PETITIONS ASKING FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROHIBITING SLAVERY |
| UNION LEAGUE | NETWORK OF POLITICAL CLUBS THAT EDUCATED MEMBERS IN CIVIC DUTIES |
| SCALAWAGS | DSOUTHERNERS WHO WERE ALLIES OF FREEDMEN |
| CARPETBAGGERS | NORTHERNERS WHO GO SOUTH AFTER THE WAR |
| KU KLUX KLAN | "SECRET" ANTI-BLACK ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN TENN. 1866 |
| FORCE ACTS | 1870-71; PASSED IN RESPONSE TO KKK; FEDERAL TROOPSTRY TO STAMP OUT INTIMIDATION |
| TENURE OF OFFICE ACT | LAW REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO SECURE CONSENT OF THE SENATE BEFORE REMOVING APPOINTEES THEY HAD APPROVED |
| SEWARD'S FOLLY | ALASKA |
| OLIVER O. HOWARD | UNION GENERAL; HEAD OF FREEDMAN'S BUREAU |
| ANDREW JOHNSON | TACTLESS PRESIDENT AFTER LINCOLN |
| THADDEUS STEVENS | MOST POWERFUL RADICAL REPUBLICAN |
| HIRAM REVELS | AFRICAN -AMERICAN ELECTED TO REPRESENT MISSISSIPPI |
| EDWIN STANTON | SECRETARY OF WAR; DISMISSED BY JOHNSON CAUSING IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS |
| BENJAMIN WADE | PRESDIENT PRO TEMPORE OF SENATE; WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT IF JOHNSON WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE |
| WILLIAM SEWARD | SECRETARY OF STATE WHO SIGNS A TREATY BUYING ALASKA FROM RUSSIA |