Reconstruction part 1

abolished slavery everywhere (it freed slaves)

gave African-Americans citizenship and equal protection under the law

allowed African-Americans the right to vote (male citizens of all races)

to completely and officially end something

16th president who led the U.S. during the Civil War, wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, signed the law to create the Transcontinental Railroad, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

a change or addition to the Constitution that once ratified has the same legal power as the original document

became president after Lincoln was assassinated and he opposed the equal rights for African-Americans

to kill a person (or persons) for political reasons

the group of people who are responsible for making the laws of the U.S.

laws passed by southern states during Reconstruction that attempted to restrict the freedom and equality of freed slaves

the term for men, women, and children who were freed from slavery after the Civil War

Federal agency that provided schools, hospitals, medical care, etc. to newly freed slaves

a group of Republicans during Reconstruction who were determined to punish white southerners for the Civil War

the rebuilding of the southern states after the Civil War