Reconstruction

13th amendment

Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude nationwide

14th amendment

Gives Civil Rights and citizenship to all African Americans in the US

15th amendment

Gives voting rights to all black men over the age of 21 in the USA

Segregation

The forced separation of people of different races

Black Codes

Restrictions placed on African Americans in the South so they couldn't receive their civil rights

Poll tax

A special tax that was needed in order for a person to vote in the south. It backfired because poor southerners couldn’t pay.

Literacy Tests

Reading and writing exams given in order to cast a vote in the South (Backfires because many White Southerners are illiterate)

Grandfather Clause

If your grandfather can vote, you can vote, but if your grandfather could not, you can not. The answer to the south's want to keep blacks out of the voting class.

Freedmen's Bureau

Agency established to help African Americans obtain their rights (free service)

Discrimination

The negative treatment of others because they are different(race age sex etc.)

KKK

A secret society created by white southerners that used terror and violence to keep AA away from their civil rights

Radical Republicans of Reconstruction

The members of Congress who felt the South needed to make great social changes before they could be readmitted to the Union.

Transcontinental Railroad

A railroad system that crossed the Us, used for transporting goods and widening the American economy

Military 5 Zones

Under the Military Reconstruction Act, the south would be split into five military zones controlled by former Union generals during reconstruction. This is martial law being used to make sure the South followed the rules of reconstruction.