People
He drew up the "10 percent plan" for Reconstruction.
Abraham Lincoln
Term for the process of readmitting Southern states to the Union, and rebuilding the region after the Civil War.
Reconstruction
Fraction of senators that must vote for the removal of a President from office.
2/3
Laws used by Southern whites to limit the freedoms and rights of former slaves.
Black Codes
Organization which used threats and violence to keep blacks away from the polls.
Ku Klux Klan
He tried to carry out Lincoln's Plan for readmitting the Southern states to the Union.
Andrew Johnson
Southern whites who gained political office during Reconstruction.
scalawags
Number of the amendment which gave citizenship to blacks.
14
Law violated by President Andrew Johnson which led to his impeachment.
Tenure of Office Act
It was outlawed by the 13th Amendment.
slavery
Group of Congressmen which included Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens.
Radical Republicans
Term meaning to accuse a government official of wrongdoing.
impeach
Number of the amendment which gave all men the right to vote.
15
Law passes in 1866 to guarantee various legal rights to blacks.
Civil Rights Act
House of Congress that impeached President Andrew Johnson
House of Representatives
President who supported Congress' tough Reconstruction policies.
Ulysses S. Grant
It was used by Southern whites to deny the right to vote to blacks and their descendents.
grandfather clause
Fraction of the Senate and House needed to approve new amendments.
2/3
Laws which divided ten former Confederate states into five military districts.
Military Reconstruction Act
Northerners who went south after the Civil War looking for political and economic opportunities.
carpetbaggers
Reconstruction ended when he withdrew the last federal troops from the South.
Rutherford B. Hayes
Monies which blacks were requested to pay before they could vote.
poll taxes
Fraction of states required to approve new amendments.
3/4
Laws that kept the races apart in housing, transportation, and schools.
Jim Crow Laws
Political party which carried out the Reconstruction program.
Republican Party