History Reconstruction vocab

an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1865, banning slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States

a Confederate supporter who assassinated Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. five days after Lee's surrender at Appomatox

a congressman who, after the Civil War, favored using the government to create a new order in the South and to give African Americans full citizenship and the right to vote

the process the U.S. government used to readmit the Confederate states to the Union after the Civil War

a federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War

president after Lincoln's assassination, he vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866; Congress voted to override the President's veto

a law passed by Southern states that limited the freedom of former slaves

rights granted to all citizens

an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, passed in 1868, that made all persons born or naturalized in the United States – including former slaves – citizens of the country

a school set up to help former slaves after the Civil War

a system in which landowners gave farm workers land, seed, and tools in return for a part of the crops they raised

a group formed in 1866 that wanted to restore Democratice control of the South and to keep former slaves powerless; the group called for a "racially and morally pure" America

to kill victims on the spot without a trial as punishment for a supposed crime

passed in 1870, this amendment to the U.S. Constitution stated that citizens could not be stopped from voting "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude"

a financial crisis in which banks closed and the stock market collapsed

the agreement that resolved an 1876 election dispute: Rutherford B. Hayes became president and then removed the last troops from the South