Amendments
This amendment outlawed slavery in the United States
13th
1865
To permanently ban or get rid of something
Abolish
President during the Civil War and was assassinated shortly after it.
Abraham Lincoln
The geographic location in the U.S. where Reconstruction occurred.
The South
This amendment includes freedom of speech, religion, etc.
1st
This is the year that Reconstruction ended in the South
1877
Rented land, supplies, and equipment from the landowner. Gave large portion of crops back to landowner along with money owed for borrowed supplies.
Sharecropper
The Confederate General who surrendered to the Union to end the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
The first state to secede (leave) the Union before the Civil War
South Carolina
This amendment gave African African men the right to vote
15th
When people under slavery were declared free in Galveston, TX
A northerner who went to the South and ran for election for their own personal gain.
Carpetbagger
Andrew Johnson
The place where the South officially surrendered to the North to end the Civil War
Appomattox Court House
This amendment gave citizenship to all former slaves
14th
Reconstruction occurred during the years between
1865-1877
Rented land to farm crops, but did not borrow supplies or seed to farm the land.
Tenant Farmer
The leading Union General in the Civil War & last president during Reconstruction.
Ulysses S. Grant
The location of the last battle of the Civil War in Texas
Palmito Ranch
This amendment says that police must have a warrant to conduct a search or seizure of one's property
4th
The year that the Civil War ended
1865
Institution created to help former slaves with education, shelter, food, and medicine.
Freedmen's Bureau
The president who gave the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War that declared all slaves were free.
Abraham Lincoln
The Confederate state that was the furthest west during the Civil War
Texas