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Reconstruction Plans
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Presidential Reconstruction | to bring the South back to the Union. |
| Military Reconstruction | |
| Congressional Reconstruction | Help the Freedman get civil rights. |
| Reconstruction | to rebuild. |
| Carpetbaggers | |
| John Wilkes Booth | he shot President Lincoln. |
| Amnesty | to give another chance. |
| Scalawags | |
| Union Leagues | |
| Andrew Johnson | the president after Lincoln, Democrat, believed in states rights, disliked wealthy slave owners, and also supported the South. |
| Civil Rights | are the rights of individuals to political,economic, and social equality. |
| Suffrage | right to vote. |
| 14th Amendment | Made it constitution all for former slave owners to deny rights to freed people. |
| 13th Amendment | Abolished slavery nationwide. |
| 15th Amendment | Granted voting rights to all male citizens regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." |