Andrew Johnson President after Lincoln – didn’t carry out Lincoln’s plans for reconstructing the South
Radical Republicans A faction that favored strong federal action to protect the rights of blacks
Yankees A commonly used slang term for Northerners
14 th Amendment Amendment that grants full citizenship to all African Americans
Ku Klux Klan Radical group that used terror tactics to keep African Americans from voting or running for office
Black Codes Laws to keep African Americans out of office
Sharecroppers Farmers who turn over part of what they grow to their landlords in return for using parts of the landlord’s land
Origins of Memorial Day Last Monday in May – Established to honor all servicemen who died in the Civil War. It now honors all wars
Reconstruction Government attempt to rebuild Southern society and governments
Freedmen’s Bureau Federal agency set up to help former slaves
Scalawag Southerners who cooperated fully with federal authorities
Carpetbagger Northerners who came South for personal gain
Amnesty Official pardon (forgiveness)
13 th Amendment Amendment to the constitution that abolished (got rid of) slavery
15 th Amendment Amendment to the constitution that states no man can be stopped from voting “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude”
Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896 Supreme Court case that upheld the legality of segregation