Southerner that assassinated President Lincoln at Ford's Theater.

Officially abolished slavery in the United States of America.

Defined citizenship and guaranteed equal protection under the law for African Americans.

Gave African American men the right to vote.

The name of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction, it was lenient and made it easy for the Southern states to rejoin the Union.

Democrat from Tennessee; he was Lincoln's vice-president and became president after his assassination

His plan for reconstruction was too lenient, encouraged states to pass black codes; vetoed legislation passed by Congress.

Group of Congressmen whose Reconstruction plan was too harsh on the South; they also impeached Andrew Johnson.

Laws passed by individual states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans.

Military Reconstruction Act

Law passed by Congress that divided the Southern states into five military districts until they ratified the 14th and 15th Amendments.

Government agency that was created to help newly freedmen and poor whites with jobs, medical, and education.

State law that requires citizens to pay a fee before they were able to vote.

Law passed by Congress and vetoed by Andrew Johnson that said he had to get Congress' permission to fire any member of his cabinet.

To formally charge the president with a crime; a trial is then held in the Senate.

Slaves that had been freed by the 13th Amendment

The separation of blacks and whites in public places like bathrooms and schools.

Laws passed by the Southern states that enforced the segregation of pubic places.

Republican governor of Tennessee during Reconstruction, he was very hard on southerners that fought and served with the Confederacy; also owned his own newspaper.

A person that takes justice into their own hands and punished other without a trial or due process.

Northerners that moved south to help out with or profit from Reconstruction

A southerner that were Republicans during the Reconstruction, often targets of violence.

Agreement that officially ended Reconstruction.

Deal made between Democrats and Republicans in which Rutherford B Hayes was made president in exchange for Union troops being removed from the Southern states.

Republican president that officially ended Reconstruction in 1877.

Time period 1865-1877 following the Civil War in which the South was rebuilt politically, economically, and socially.

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Unit 12 Vocabulary

Question	Answer
John Wilkes Booth	Southerner that assassinated President Lincoln at Ford's Theater.
13th Amendment	Officially abolished slavery in the United States of America.
14th Amendment	Defined citizenship and guaranteed equal protection under the law for African Americans.
15th Amendment	Gave African American men the right to vote.
Ten Percent Plan	The name of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction, it was lenient and made it easy for the Southern states to rejoin the Union.
Andrew Johnson	Democrat from Tennessee; he was Lincoln's vice-president and became president after his assassination
Andrew Johnson	His plan for reconstruction was too lenient, encouraged states to pass black codes; vetoed legislation passed by Congress.
Radical Republicans	Group of Congressmen whose Reconstruction plan was too harsh on the South; they also impeached Andrew Johnson.
Black codes	Laws passed by individual states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
Military Reconstruction Act	Law passed by Congress that divided the Southern states into five military districts until they ratified the 14th and 15th Amendments.
Freedmen's Bureau	Government agency that was created to help newly freedmen and poor whites with jobs, medical, and education.
Poll Tax	State law that requires citizens to pay a fee before they were able to vote.
Tenure of Office Act	Law passed by Congress and vetoed by Andrew Johnson that said he had to get Congress' permission to fire any member of his cabinet.
Impeachment	To formally charge the president with a crime; a trial is then held in the Senate.
Freedmen	Slaves that had been freed by the 13th Amendment
Segregation	The separation of blacks and whites in public places like bathrooms and schools.
Jim Crow Laws	Laws passed by the Southern states that enforced the segregation of pubic places.
William Brownlow	Republican governor of Tennessee during Reconstruction, he was very hard on southerners that fought and served with the Confederacy; also owned his own newspaper.
Vigilante	A person that takes justice into their own hands and punished other without a trial or due process.
Carpetbaggers	Northerners that moved south to help out with or profit from Reconstruction
Scalawags	A southerner that were Republicans during the Reconstruction, often targets of violence.
Compromise of 1877	Agreement that officially ended Reconstruction.
Compromise of 1877	Deal made between Democrats and Republicans in which Rutherford B Hayes was made president in exchange for Union troops being removed from the Southern states.
Rutherford B. Hayes	Republican president that officially ended Reconstruction in 1877.
Reconstruction	Time period 1865-1877 following the Civil War in which the South was rebuilt politically, economically, and socially.

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