AP US History Vocab 4

Laws adopted by Southern states in the Reconstruction era that greatly limited the freedom of Southern blacks

term used by Southerners to mock Northerners who came to the SOuth to gain either financially or politically during Reconstruction

struck down Black Codes and defined the rights of all citizens

the political arrangement ended the contested presidential election of 1876; Southern reps agreed to recognize Rutherford B Hayes as pres

ratified in 1870 and stated that a person could not be denied the right to vote because of skin color or past of slavery

ratified in 1868 and stated that "all persons born or naturalized in the US" were citizens;all old Confed supporters unable to hold office

term for freed blacks in the South after the Civil War

Congress created this in 1865 to assist the newly freed slaves

a step in the process of removing an elected public official from office

organization founded during Reconstruction by Southerners who wanted to maintain white supremacy; used terror tactics; still exists today

fought to restore the Union during the Civil War; issued Emancipation Proclomation

a method that a president can use to 'kill' legislation at the end of a congressional term

group of republicans after the Civil War who favored harsh treatment of the defeated South

plan of the Radical Republicans to control South; former Confed was divided into 5 military districts

era following the Civil War when Radical Repubs initiated changes in the South; Resented by Southerners leading to KKK

term used by Southerners in Rec Era for fellow Southerners who supported it; seen as allies with carpetbaggers

form of agricultural labor that emerged in the South after the Civil War; worked for a landlord but most became indebted

Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction; offered pardons to most Southerners

a step up from sharecropping; rented land from landowner free from harsh supervision

1867 congressional act designed to limit the influence of President Johnson

1865 amendment that abolished slavery in the US and all its territories

Congress passed this bill in 1864 in response to Lincolns Ten Percent Plan; Lincoln killed it with pocket veto