who
president during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
the time in the South after the Civil War, when people attempted to reorganize the region
The year the Civil War began
1861
no vote - a law will not be passed
veto
president after Lincoln was assassinated
Andrew Johnson
no state can take away a person's rights
14th Amendment
the year the Civil War ended
1865
a process that allows us to bring federal officials to trial for crimes
impeachment
actor who assassinated President Lincoln
gave the vote to black males
15th amendment
1865
a policy of separation of races
segregation
a group of people who put on masks and terrorized freed slaves
Ku Klux Klan
organization formed by congress to assist newly freed slaves
Freedman's Bureau
when Congress decided to send soldiers south to guarantee freedom to former slaves
1867
a tax you pay in order to be able to vote
poll tax
Northerners who went South to help state governments and to make money themselves
carpet baggers
state and local laws that legalized segregation
Jim Crow Laws
year of Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial
1878
discrimination against someone of a different race
racism