Vocabulary
Civil Rights
Equal protection and fairness under laws: equal rights.
13th
Made slavery illegal throughout the U.S.
What was the most popular racist group at the time?
The KKK
(Klu Klux Klan)
Reconstruction
The process of readmitting the former confederate states into the Union.
14th
Gave citizenship to people born or naturalized in the U.S.
What did racist groups try to do?
Limit and threaten African American rights by terrorizing them.
Segregation
Keeping people separated based on race.
15th
Gave African American men the right to vote.
Why did people who were apart of racist groups hide their identity?
Carpetbaggers
Northern Republicans who moved to the South after the war to profit off of Reconstruction.
What did the 13th,14th, and 15th amendment do for African Americans?
Gave them equal rights as everyone else.
Scalawags
The name that Southerners gave to white Southern Republicans.
What else did the 14th amendment do other than granting citizenship?
Gave people equal protection under laws.