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| Reconstruction | The political; social; and economic rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. |
| Bureau of Refugees; Freedmen; and Abandoned Lands | Organization run by the army to care for and protect southern Blacks after the Civil War. AKA Freedmen's Bureau. |
| Presidential Reconstruction | An idea of reconstruction in which all states had to end slavery; states had to declare that their secession was illegal; and men had to pledge their loyalty to the U.S. viewed as being too lenient by some. |
| Congressional Reconstruction | The reconstruction process that was harsher on Confederate whites and more protective of freed blacks. |
| 13th Amendment | Abolished slavery |
| 14th Amendment | Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws |
| 15th Amendment | Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race; color ; or previous condition of servitude. |
| Black Codes | Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War |
| Ku Klux Klan | A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights. |
| Presidential Election of 1876 | Disputed election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden. |
| Compromise of 1877 | Compromise that enables Hayes to president in return for the end of Reconstruction. |
| John Wilkes Booth | Assassinated Abraham Lincoln |
| Andrew Johnson | Lincoln's VP; 17th president; impeached during Reconstruction by Radical Republicans. |
| Tenure of Office Act | 1866 - Enacted by radical Congress; meant to prevent Johnson from removing Radical Republicans from office. Johnson refuse to follow and it led to his impeachment. |
