Time period following the American Civil War when former Confederate States were readmitted to the U.S.

President Lincoln’s (and later President Andrew Johnson’s) plan to quickly and generously readmit Southern states.

Laws passed in the South after the Civil War that limited the rights of African-Americans SO MUCH they were essentially BACK in slavery again.

This amendment abolished slavery THROUGHOUT the United States.

Congressmen who favored a tougher stance against former Confederate states and wanted full legal and political rights for African-Americans.

What is impeachment?

Period in which Radical Republicans controlled Reconstruction and wanted equal rights for African-Americans

Federal program created to help freed slaves transition to freedom (ALSO HELPED Poor Whites and Native Americans)

Which amendment :

1) Grants CITIZENSHIP to anyone born in the U.S. 

2) Requires states provide “equal protection under the law” and equal legal rights to all U.S. citizens

This amendment says the right to VOTE cannot be denied due to RACE (“Universal MALE Suffrage”).

Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President and in return agrees to remove U.S. troops from the South and END RECONSTRUCTION.

Exams in southern states that required voters to prove they could “read and write” before voting (Only applied to African-Americans)

Required voters to pay to vote (Only applied to African-Americans)