The Reconstruction Era Chapter 23 Vocabulary
Reconstruction
Reconstruction The period after the Civil War when the federal government ruled the southern states in order to rebuild them and allow them back into the Union
freedmen
freedmen
freedmen
freedmen African Americans who had been set free from slavery
Freedmen’s Bureau
Freedmen’s Bureau
Freedmen’s Bureau
Freedmen’s Bureau
Freedmen’s Bureau Created by Congress in March 1865 to assist Southern blacks and whites in the transition from a society based on slavery to one allowing freedom.
civil rights
civil rights
civil rights
civil rights The rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution to all people as citizens, especially equal treatment under the law.
scalawags
scalawags
Scalawags (Civil War definition) White southerners who supported the federal government after the Civil War
Scalawags (traditional definition) A child who causes trouble but not in a serious way A person (usually young) who causes trouble
carpetbaggers
carpetbaggers
carpetbaggers Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War to get rich and seize political power
Jim Crow
Jim Crow Was a black character performed by white actor Thomas D. Rice in blackface in the mid-1800’s It was a caricature of African Americans It was meant to make fun of Andrew Jackson’s policies
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws Laws enforcing segregation of blacks and whites in the South after the Civil War.