Chapter 12 Section 1 Vocabulary

Andrew Johnson

Lincoln’s vice president, was put into power after his death. Andrew was not very smart and held a grudge against rich southerners, despite being from the south himself

Reconstruction

The period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War, during which the defeated Confederate states were readmitted to the Union

Radical Republicans

One of the congressional Republicans who, after the Civil War, wanted to destroy the political power of former slaveholders and to give African Americans full citizenship and the right to vote.

Thaddeus Stevens

Leader of the Radical Republicans, Thaddeus wanted to destroy the power of former slaveholders

Wade-Davis Bill

A bill passed in 1864 and vetoed by President Lincoln, that would have given Congress control of Reconstruction

Freedmen’s Bureau

A federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War

black codes

Discriminatory laws that restrict the lives of African Americans. They couldn’t carry weapons, serve on juries, testify against whites, marry whites, and traveling without permits

Fourteenth Amendment

An amendment to the U.S Constitution, adopted in 1868, that makes all persons born or naturalized in the United States - including former slaves- citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws

impeach

To formally charge the president with misconduct in office

Fifteenth Amendment

Nobody could be kept from voting because of race, color, or having been a slave