Chapter 13: Reconstruction & the New South 1865-1900

The act of forgiving one's crimes. After the Civil War, Lincoln hoped to grant amnesty to all southerners -- except certain Confederate leaders -- who pledged loyalty to the Union.

• amnesty

• reconstruction

• retaliation

The process of reuniting North and South through the restoration of the southern economy.

• amnesty

• retaliation

• reconstruction

The man who assassinated Lincoln just a few days after Lee's surrender.

• Andrew Johnson

• John Wilkes Booth

• John Wilkes Johnson

A former slaveowner who became president after Lincoln's death. His approach to Reconstruction was to treat the South with complete amnesty. He did nothing to discourage the discrimination against African Americans.

• Henry Clay

• John Wilkes Booth

• Andrew Johnson

This amendment abolished slavery. However, after the Civil War, freedmen still faced serious limitations to their freedom.

• 12th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

These codes were similar to the former slave codes. They were meant to keep African Americans from assimilating into society and from taking jobs from whites. These Codes even kept freed people in virtual slavery by selling off their children or barring them from living freely in towns.

• Black Codes

• Blue Codes

• Amnesty Codes

A radical white abolitionist who supported the idea of equality for all men.

• Stella Stevens

• Thaddeus Young

• Thaddeus Stevens

Born a slave, he eventually escaped and wrote an influential autobiography that became an instrument of the antislavery movement. He was one of the few Americans who supported African American suffrage.

• Sherman Douglas

• Frederick Douglass

• Frederick Sherman

This organization, originally created for one-year, established schools for African Americans, provided food and clothing, and helped employ many jobless African Americans. The organization also settled labor disputes, often by siding with the white planters. Overall, the bureau was seen by African Americans as a benefit because the fact that they were receiving any kind of aid proved that they were no longer slaves.

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Klu Klux Klan

• United Way

This bill's goal was to undo the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott that ruled African Americans as non-citizens. Although Johnson vetoed the bill, an angry Congress overturned his veto.

• Civil Rights Act of 1886

• Civil Rights Act of 1766

• Civil Rights Act of 1866