Men and women who had been slaves.

An 1864 plan for Reconstruction that denied the right to vote or hold office to anyone who had volunteered to fight for the confederacy.

A person who wants to make drastic changes to society.

An 1868 amendment to the United States Constitution that guarantees equal protection of the laws.

Uncomplimentary nickname for a northerner who went to the South after the Civil War.

Legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.

Government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves.

Member of Congress during Reconstruction who wanted to ensure that freedmen had the right to vote.

An 1867 law that threw out the southern state governments that had refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.

Person who rents a plot of land from another person and farms it in exchange for a share of the crop.

Tax required before a person can vote.

The act of a mob illegally seizing someone and executing them.

Revolutionized the manufacture of tobacco.

Rebuilding of the South after the Civil War.

Lincoln's vice president that took over when he was killed.

From Pennsylvania, led the Radical Republicans in the House.

An 1869 amendment to the United States Constitution that forbids any state to deny the right to vote because of race.

The nations first black senator for Mississippi.

Examination to see if a person can read and write; used in the past to restrict voting rights.

Nominated by Republicans for president in 1876.

An 1896 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public facilities was legal as long as the facilities were equal.

Lincoln's plan that allowed a southern state to form a new government after 10 percent of it's voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States.

Southern laws that severely limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.

From Massachusetts, led the Radical Republicans in the Senate.

White southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction.

Secret Society organized in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence.

Law that excused a voter from a literacy test if his father or grandfather had been eligible to vote on January 1, 1867.

Laws that separated people of different races in public places in the South.

First African American to serve a full term in t he senate. From Mississippi.

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Question	Answer
Freedmen	Men and women who had been slaves.
Wade-Davis Bill	An 1864 plan for Reconstruction that denied the right to vote or hold office to anyone who had volunteered to fight for the confederacy.
Radical	A person who wants to make drastic changes to society.
14th Amendment	An 1868 amendment to the United States Constitution that guarantees equal protection of the laws.
Carpetbagger	Uncomplimentary nickname for a northerner who went to the South after the Civil War.
Segregation	Legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.
Henry Grady
Amnesty	Government pardon.
Freeman's Bureau	Government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves.
Radical Republicans	Member of Congress during Reconstruction who wanted to ensure that freedmen had the right to vote.
Reconstruction Act	An 1867 law that threw out the southern state governments that had refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
Sharecropper	Person who rents a plot of land from another person and farms it in exchange for a share of the crop.
Poll Tax	Tax required before a person can vote.
Lynching	The act of a mob illegally seizing someone and executing them.
James Duke	Revolutionized the manufacture of tobacco.
Reconstruction	Rebuilding of the South after the Civil War.
Andrew Johnson	Lincoln's vice president that took over when he was killed.
Thaddeus Stevens	From Pennsylvania, led the Radical Republicans in the House.
15th Amendment	An 1869 amendment to the United States Constitution that forbids any state to deny the right to vote because of race.
Hiram Revels	The nations first black senator for Mississippi.
Literacy Test	Examination to see if a person can read and write; used in the past to restrict voting rights.
Rutherford Hayes	Nominated by Republicans for president in 1876.
Plessy vs. Ferguson	An 1896 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public facilities was legal as long as the facilities were equal.
10% Plan	Lincoln's plan that allowed a southern state to form a new government after 10 percent of it's voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States.
Black Codes	Southern laws that severely limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
Charles Sumner	From Massachusetts, led the Radical Republicans in the Senate.
Scalawag	White southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction.
Ku Klux Klan [KKK]	Secret Society organized in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence.
Grandfather Clause	Law that excused a voter from a literacy test if his father or grandfather had been eligible to vote on January 1, 1867.
Jim Crow Laws	Laws that separated people of different races in public places in the South.
Blanche K. Bruce	First African American to serve a full term in t he senate. From Mississippi.

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