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| Reconstruction (1865–1877) | period where constitutional amendments were created to provide legal and political rights for African Americans; during this period, the 15th amendment was adopted to grant African Americans voting rights; ended when federal troops withdrew from the South |
| Jim Crow laws | enacted by many Southern States in order to limit the effects of Radical Reconstruction; limited the effectiveness of the 14th and 15th amendments; the passage of these laws was aided in part by a narrow interpretation of the 14th amendment by the United States Supreme Court |
| President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson | during Reconstruction, they included a provision for the resumption of full participation in Congress by Southern States |
| The Radical Republicans | initiated the Reconstruction era; opposed President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction because Lincoln rejected the idea of harsh punishments for the South |
| 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments | Amendments passed during the Reconstruction era |
