Vocab
Compromise
Giving up certain things to make a deal.
13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery
Ratify
To officially approve something, like a law or agreement.
Integration
Bringing all parts together into a whole.
14th Amendment
Gives citizenship to anyone that is born in the United States.
Emancipation Proclamation
Document created by Abraham Lincoln to free slaves during the Civil War.
15th Amendment
No one can take the right to vote from a person, regardless of their skin color.
Freedmen’s Bureau
An organization created by the U.S. government after the Civil War to help former slaves by providing food, education, and medical care, and by helping them find jobs.
Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
Similar to Lincoln’s Plan, but was more lenient and forgave many Confederate military peoples and wealthy southerners.
Lincoln’s 10% Plan
A plan by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War that said Southern states could rejoin the United States if 10% of their voters pledged loyalty to the Union and agreed to end slavery.
Radical Republicans Reconstruction Plan
A plan by a group in Congress who wanted to be tougher on the Southern states after the Civil War. They demanded equal rights for African Americans and strict conditions for the South to rejoin the Union.