| A | B |
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| black codes | forbade African Americans to vote, own guns, or serve on juries |
| 13th Amendment | Banned slavery in the U.S. |
| Radical Republicans | Ones who were in opposition to President Johnson and his reconstruction plan |
| Thaddeus Stevens | Pennsylvania congressman who led the "Radicals" in the House of Representatives |
| Charles Sumner | Massachusetts senator who led the "Radicals" in the Senate |
| Radical Republican goals | 1.Strip power from "aristocrats" in the South 2.ensure that freedmen receive the right to vote |
| Civil Rights Act of 1866 | Vetoed by President Johnson and overridden by Congress the law gave citizenship to African Americans. |
| 14th Amendment | It granted citizenship to all people born in the U.S. |
| Rights under the 14th Amendment | "equal protection under the law," no discrimination based on color of skin, and said that any state that denied African Americans the right to vote would have its representation in Congress reduced. |
| Johnson's 1866 campaign issue | He urged all former Confederate states to reject 14th amendment |
| Riot in New Orleans | 34 African Americans killed proof to North that Johnson's policies were not working |
| 1866 elction results | Republicans won majorities in H of R and the Senate |
| Reconstruction Act | 1. Threw out southern state governments that had refused to ratify 14th Amendment. 2.Divided the South into 5 military districts. 3. When states did what Congress demanded they could rejoin the Union.4.All blacks must be allowed to vote. |
| Southern elections | white southerners stay away from the polls while Freedmen exercise their new voting right and as a result Republicans gain control in the South |
| February 24, 1868 | House of Representatives vote to impeach President Johnson |
| 35-19 | This voting total was one vote short of removing President Johnson from office. |
| Presidential election of 1868 | U.S. Grant elected as President of U.S. |
| 700,000 | Number of African Americans voting in 1868 |
| 15th Amendment | Forbade any state from denying African Americans the right to vote because of their race. |
| 1865-1870 | Radical Reconstruction begins and Grant is elected during these years |
