People
a Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War to get a government job
What was a carpetbagger?
was set up to provide food and clothing to freed slaves and poor white Southerners and to set up schools for black people
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
amendment to the Constitution that outlawed slavery
to accuse a public official of wrongdoing while in office
What is impeach?
a white Southerner who worked with Northerners during Reconstruction
What was a scalawag?
where Johnson was found not guilty during his impeachment trial by one vote
What was the Senate?
a constitutional amendment to defend civil rights
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
to separate people from the rest of society because of differences such as skin color or religion
What is segregate?
vice president who became president after Abraham Lincoln died
Who was Andrew Johnson?
This group and the majority of voters had to approve the new constitutions.
What was Congress?
laws passed by Southern states that limited the rights of black Americans
What were the Black Codes?
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was an act passed by Congress to establish military control of states that seceded from the Union and to ensure new governments had _______ _______.
What is racial equality?
People who supported the equality of black and white citizens were influenced by ___________ and the Bible.
Who are Christians?
under the Reconstruction Act, they had to write new constitutions
What were the southern states?
a constitutional amendment to prevent states from denying black people the right to vote
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
The states had to _________ the Fourteenth Amendment.
What is ratify?