Proof that something happened or is true.

Information from someone who witnessed an event.

Information from someone who did NOT witness an event.

The way someone looks at an issue, an event, or a person.

The study of the earth and everything on it.

The study of the earth and everything on it.

Which word means 'believable'?

Which word means "the act of thinking something through"?

A place known for making/producing something; usually near or in a city.

This is what we call states grouped together by location.

Asking questions about a particular source such as: Who created it? When? Why? From what point of view? Is it credible?

Examine historical events or sources to determine what was happening around them and how that affects what happened or what the source says.

Confirmation that some fact or statement is true; What evidence is given and are there other sources that agree?

Confirmation that some fact or statement is true; What evidence is given and are there other sources that agree?

Careful examination of a source and seeking other sources that could give more information.

Coming back together peacefully after having been enemies (becoming friends again)

Created the 10% Plan for Reconstruction; Assassinated before Reconstruction got started

Fought for the 15th Amendment to allow voting for Black men; fought for human rights and civil liberties (freedoms) for all until his death in 1895

Urged Southerners to reconcile with the North, but did not encourage Southerners to cooperate with equality laws for African Americans. He became a symbol for the "Lost Cause" movement, which claims that the Confederacy fought for a "just cause" (good reason) and not to create a new nation based on slavery.

Abolished slavery except as a punishment for a crime (felonies)

Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed due process and equal protection under the law

Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or previous condition of servitude (enslavement).

To deprive or prevent someone of the right to vote.

The era (time period) after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the United States. (1865-1877)

Fought against the Confederate Army during the Civil War

The main cause of the Civil War; states' rights to own enslaved people was the reason for leaving given in statements from seceding states

People who worked on farms and plantations for no pay; they or their ancestors were kidnapped and taken to the Americas beginning in 1619.

A war between people of the same country; the American one lasted from 1860-1865

The time between 1865-1877 when the southern states' economy and society were supposed to be rebuilt and rejoined to America.

Deals with the money and resources of people, businesses, and governments

Issued by Lincoln in 1862, this freed all enslaved people in areas still at war with the United States.

This ended slavery, except for felonies, in the U.S. and all its territories

Laws denying most legal rights to formerly enslaved people; passed by southern states following the Civil War.

After the Civil War, a group that believed the South should be harshly punished and thought that Lincoln was too lenient to the South.

17th President of the United States; became President after Lincoln was assassinated. He was the first President to be impeached, but he wasn't found guilty or removed from office

A government agency created during Reconstruction to help formerly enslaved people with food, jobs, and education

The rights of full citizenship and equality under the law

Laws passed in the south just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers; ended with the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites; named after a black character in minstrel shows, passed to discriminate against African Americans by forcing them into separate public accommodations. Replaced Black Codes.

Prominent Black American, born into slavery, who believed equality could be achieved through vocational education; accepted social segregation while secretly working against discriminatory laws. Created Tuskegee Institute

Believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans and who founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) along with Ida B. Wells-Barnett.

Fought against lynching and the many other injustices suffered by African Americans, publicizing the lynchings in newspaper articles and other writings.

The illegal killing of people by gangs of violent vigilantes; occurred in all parts of the country and sometimes against accused white people, but mostly targeted African Americans in the South; meant to intimidate African Americans from asserting themselves in any way, including politically; were often conducted publicly and with the cooperation of law enforcement.

Supreme Court case in 1896 that upheld Jim Crow segregation by approving "separate but equal" public facilities for African Americans. Made segregation legal in the United States.

A secret organization that uses terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in the United States