VOCAB
SEGREGATION
separation of whites and African americans
13
made slavery illegal
RECONSTRUCTION
readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union
15
AA man the right to vote
CARPETBAGGERS
Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War
14
citizenship for everyone born in the U.S.
SCALAWAGS
White Southerners who supported the Republican Party and Reconstruction changes
What else did the 14 amendment do?
equal protection of the laws
FREEDMAN'S BUREAU
made to help AA with education, food, and schools.
What is one legal loophole to why AA didn't vote?
The Grandfather clause