Movement to end slavery Abolition

He raided an arsenal in Harper’s Ferry Virginia to give weapons to slaves in hopes of starting a slave rebellion John Brown

A novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole Sectionalism

Work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay Slavery

Formal separation from an alliance or federation Secession

This was issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, it declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free Emancipation Proclamation

Under this plan 10% of citizens within a state would take a loyalty oath then they would be readmitted to union Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction

This plan required ratification of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment passed and military rule in the south Radical Republican Plan for Reconstruction

U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) during the Reconstruction era by providing education, legal assistance and employment to former slaves. Freedmen’s Bureau

This was enacted by radical congress and forbade the president from removing civil officers without senatorial consent - was to prevent Johnson from removing a radical republican from his cabinet Tenure of Office Act

Southern whites who supported republican policy through reconstruction were known as Scalawags

Northern whites who moved to the south and served as republican leaders during reconstruction were known as Carpetbaggers

This “Civil War” amendment ended slavery 13 th Amendment

This “Civil War: amendment gave the right to vote to all males (blacks became included from these) 15 th Amendment

This “Civil War” amendment granted the right to citizenship 14 th Amendment

This event ended Reconstruction because neither candidate had an electoral majority and Hayes was elected, and then ended reconstruction as he secretly promised Election of 1876

Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves Black Codes

A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights Ku Klux Klan

To deprive of a right, such as voting. Disenfranchisement

A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote Literacy Test

A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote Poll Tax

A clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867 Grandfather Clause

These laws limited rights of blacks. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses and poll taxes limited black voting rights Jim Crow Laws

Andrew Johnson was ___________ for the charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors on February 24, 1868 and came one vote shy of being removed from office. impeached