Reconstruction Chapter 12 Overview

Wade-Davis Bill

Required majority loyalty oath for Southern states to rejoin the Union

Pocket Veto

When the president indirectly vetoes a bill by not signing it before Congress adjourns

Andrew Johnson

President after Lincoln, known for Presidential Reconstruction

Freedman's Bureau

Aiding formerly enslaved people with education and basic needs

Black Codes

Laws to control and limit the freedom of African Americans

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Granted citizenship and equal rights to all born in the U.S.

13th Amendment

Abolished slavery in the United States

Reconstruction

The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War

Ten Percent Plan

Lincoln's plan for reconstruction where Southern states could rejoin after 10% pledged loyalty

Radical Republicans' Goals

Punish the South, protect freedmen's rights, and promote equality

14th Amendment

Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law

15th Amendment

Gave African American men the right to vote

Military Reconstruction Act

Divided the South into military districts for Reconstruction

Tenure of Office Act

Limited the president's power to remove certain officeholders

Impeachment of Johnson

Impeached by the House but not removed by the Senate

Carpetbaggers

Northerners who moved to the South for political or financial gain

Scalawags

White Southerners who supported Reconstruction and worked with Republicans

Hiram Revels

First African American to win a Senate seat

Joseph Rainey

First African American to win a seat in the House of Representatives

KKK

Secret society in the South during the 1800s promoting white supremacy

Enforcement Act

Aimed to protect African American voting rights

Compromise of 1877

Ended Reconstruction in exchange for Hayes becoming president

Plessy v. Ferguson

Established the "separate but equal" doctrine, allowing segregation