A | B |
10% Plan | lenient plan to reunite the North and South put forth by Lincoln |
13th Amendment | change to Constitution that ended slavery |
14th Amendment | change to Constitution that extended citizenship |
Andrew Johnson | Southerner who became President after Lincoln was killed |
Carpetbaggers | northerners who moved South after the war ended |
Freedman's Bureau | created by the federal government to help former slaves |
Freedmen | former slaves |
Radical Republicans | group in Congress who wanted to give Freedman the right to vote |
Reconstruction | reuniting and rebuilding of the South |
Scalawag | a southern "traitor" who wanted to help with reconstruction |