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Unit 12 vocab

Reformation

TermDefinition
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 man the right to vote.
Ten percent plan The name of Abe'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 con't His plan for Reconstruction was too lenient; encouraged states to pass black codes, vetoes legislation passed by congress.
Radical Republicans Group of congressmen whose Reconstruction plan was too harsh on the south; they also impeached Andrew Johnson.
Military Reconstruction Act Laws passed by Congress that divides the southern states into five military districts until they ratified the 14th and 15th amendments.
Black Codes Laws passed by individual states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
Freedmen's Bureau Government agency that was created to help newly freedmen and poor whites with jobs, medicine and information.
Poll Tax States Law that requires citizens to pays a fee before they can 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.
Freedman Slaves that had been freed by the 13th Amendment.
Segregation The separation of blacks and whites in public places like bathrooms and schools.
Jim Crowe Laws Laws passed by the southern states that enforced the segregation of public places.
William Brownlow Republican governor of Tennessee during Reconstruction, he was very hard on southerns that fought and served with the confederacy; also owned a newspaper.
Vigilante A person that takes justice into their own hands and punishes others without a trial or due process.
Carpetbaggers Northerners that moved south to help out with or profit from Reconstruction.
Scalawags A southerner that was a republican during the Reconstruction, often were 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 southern states.
Rutherford B Hayes Republican president that officially ended Reconstruction in 1877.
Reconstruction Time period in 1865-1877 following the Civil War in which the south was rebuilt politically, economically, and socially.
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