| 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 |