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Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson. President after Lincoln – didn’t carry out Lincoln’s plans for reconstructing the South. Radical Republicans. A faction that favored strong federal action to protect the rights of blacks. Yankees. A commonly used slang term for Northerners. 14 th Amendment.

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Andrew Johnson

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  1. Andrew Johnson • President after Lincoln – didn’t carry out Lincoln’s plans for reconstructing the South

  2. Radical Republicans • A faction that favored strong federal action to protect the rights of blacks

  3. Yankees • A commonly used slang term for Northerners

  4. 14th Amendment • Amendment that grants full citizenship to all African Americans

  5. Ku Klux Klan • Radical group that used terror tactics to keep African Americans from voting or running for office

  6. Black Codes • Laws to keep African Americans out of office

  7. Sharecroppers • Farmers who turn over part of what they grow to their landlords in return for using parts of the landlord’s land

  8. Origins of Memorial Day • Last Monday in May – Established to honor all servicemen who died in the Civil War. It now honors all wars

  9. Reconstruction • Government attempt to rebuild Southern society and governments

  10. Freedmen’s Bureau • Federal agency set up to help former slaves

  11. Scalawag • Southerners who cooperated fully with federal authorities

  12. Carpetbagger • Northerners who came South for personal gain

  13. Amnesty • Official pardon (forgiveness)

  14. 13th Amendment • Amendment to the constitution that abolished (got rid of) slavery

  15. 15th Amendment • Amendment to the constitution that states no man can be stopped from voting “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude”

  16. Plessy vs. Ferguson • 1896 Supreme Court case that upheld the legality of segregation

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