Amendments
what was the 13th amendment
ends slavery
what is sharecropping
who were african americans
formerly enslaved people
what did reconstruction do
rebuilt the south
what was the 14th amendment
citizenship to all born in the U.S.
carpetbaggers are..
Northerners who went South
who were radical republicans
congressional leaders
what was a freedmen
formerly enslaved people
what was the 15th amendment
voting rights for all men
what are Scalawags
Southern supporters of Reconstruction
what did Ulysses S. Grant do to the KKK
he broke up the kkk by using the power of the federal government
what did the civil rights grant
equal rights
what did radical republicans want
stronger change
what was equal protection
equal laws
what was the Ku Klux Klan
violent group against freedmen
what was andrew johnson job during reconstruction
help rebuild the U.S.
what were black codes
restrictive laws passed by southern states
what were reconstruction acts
four laws that established martial law in the south
what is suffrage
right to vote
what did the compromise of 1877 do
ends reconstruction
when did abraham lincoln die
April of 1865
what was freedmen's bureau and who created it
special agency created by congress
what does military construction mean
troops enforce the laws