| A | B |
|---|
| freedmen | former slaves who had lived in the South |
| Charleston, Richmond, Atlanta, Savannah | Cities in the South that were completely leveled |
| 250,000 | Number of Confederate troops killed in the war |
| 2/3 | fraction of the South's railroads that were totally destroyed |
| Southern financial system | money worthless, banks closed, life savings lost |
| Reconstruction | period of time when the South was rebuilt after the war |
| Ten Percent Plan | A southern state could form a new government after 10% of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the U.S. |
| Wade-Davis Bill | required MAJORITY of white men to swear loyalty to the U.S. |
| Freedmen's Bureau | government program which provided food, clothing, jobs, medical care, and education for former slaves and poor whites |
| 600,000 | By 1869 this many African Americans had attended bureau schools. |
| Bureau teachers | mainly volunteers-often women-from the North |
| Students | young and old-grandmothers and granddaughters side by side eager to learn |
| Schools | 4,300 grade schools and 4 universities created |
| Charlotte Forten | from wealthy black Philidelphia family-dedicated her life to improving quality of blacks through education |
| April 14, 1865 | Lincoln assassinated |
| Andrew Johnson | New President after Lincoln killed. His plan of Reconstruction was similar to Lincoln's |
| 13 Amendment | Banned slavery throughout the South |
| Alexander Stephens | Former VP of the South now senator of Georgia |
| Joint Committee of Reconstruction | Congress' new plan to rival The President's plan |
