A | B |
Reconstruction | a period directly following the Civil War |
Andrew Johnson | 17th president of the USA |
Tennessee | Johnson's state |
Thirteenth Amendment | law that stated slaves were free |
Radical Republicans | members of Congress who wanted former slaves to have equal rights |
Black Codes | Southern laws restricting the rights of Blacks |
Southern military districts | ruled by U.S. general and federal troops |
Southern farms, railroads and cities | destroyed during the Civil War |
5 | number of Southern military districts |
The Union | The United States of America |
Economy | how an area makes and spends money |
discrimination | the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people |