Unit 6 - Reconstruction

the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union

Congressional group that wished to punish the South for its secession from the Union and give African Americans citizenship and the right to vote

One of the leaders of the Radical Republicans

Bill passed by Congress and vetoed by President Lincoln, that would have given Congress control of Reconstruction. Much harsher than Lincoln's lenient 10% plan.

17th President of the United States, A Southerner form Tennessee, as V.P. when Lincoln was killed, he became president. He opposed radical Republicans who passed Reconstruction Acts over his veto. The first U.S. president to be impeached, he survived the Senate removal by only one vote.

Government agency founded during Reconstruction to help former slaves and poor whites by giving out food and clothing and by setting up schools and hospitals.

Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War

A constitutional amendment giving full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States

The constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude.

to bring formal charges against a public official for wrong doing in office

Banned states from denying African Americans the right to vote

Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War for political or financial gain during Reconstruction. Southerners saw them with hate and vengeance.

A derogatory term for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction and joined the Republican party following the Civil War.

Atlanta, Georgia, newspaper editor who coined the term "New South"

The first African-American Senator replacing Mississippian Jefferson Davis