NAME GAME
the men and women who had been enslaved
Freedmen
ability, capacity
capability
a law that excused a voter from a literacy test if his grandfather had been eligible to vote
Grandfather Clause
for a particular purpose
Specifically
an 1896 court case in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public facilities was legal as long as the facilities were equal
Plessy v. Ferguson
a person who rents a plot of land and farms it in exchange for a share of the crop
Sharecropper
offering a choice
alternative
laws that separated people of different races in public places in the South
Jim Crow Laws
to bring charges of serious wrongdoing against a public official
impeach
to make use of
employ
a white southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction
Scalawag
to interfere in order to stop or change something
intervene
an 1865 amendment to the United States Constitution that banned slavery throughout the nation
13th Amendment
well known for some bad quality or effect
notorious
an agreement by Republican presidential candidate Rutherford B. Hayes to end Reconstruction in return for congressional Democrats accepting his inauguration as President after the disputed election of 1876
Compromise of 1877
an uncomplimentary nickname for a northerner who went to the South after the Civil War
Carpetbagger
expect or look ahead to
anticipate
an 1868 amendment to the United States Constitution that guarantees equal protection of the laws
14th Amendment
the legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
segregation
a government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves
Freedmen's Bureau
a secret society organized in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence
Ku Klux Klan
something applied or created based on authority
imposition
an 1869 amendment to the United States Constitution that forbids any state to deny African Americans the right to vote because of race
15th Amendment
a government pardon
amnesty
a member of Congress during Reconstruction who wanted to break the power of wealthy southern plantation owners and ensure that freedmen received the right to vote
Radical Republicans