| A | B |
|---|
| Reconstruction | The period of rebuilding and the various plans for readmitting Southern states to the Union. |
| Ten Percent Plan | When 10% of the voters of a state took an oath of loyalty to the Union, the state could form a new government and adopt a constitution that banned slavery. |
| amnesty | a pardon |
| radical | extreme |
| Radical Republicans | Declared Southern institutions must be broken up and relaid. |
| Thaddeus Stevens | A radical Republican who wanted to see Southern institutions broken up. |
| Wade-Davis Bill | In July 1864, Congress passed this law that to rejoin Union a state had to meet several strict requirements |
| Freedmen's Bureau | March 1865, helped African Americans adjust to freedom. |
| adjust | adapt |
| John Wilkes Booth | An actor who shot Lincoln in the head. |
| Andrew Johnson | V.P. under Lincoln became president after Lincoln's assignation. |
