This era of reconstruction involved changes in civil rights and equal protection under the law, aimed at addressing the issues of the emancipated after the war.

The changes of the Reconstruction era abolished slavery and forced labor, except as a form of punishment.

This is a United States federal law passed during the Reconstruction era, aimed at 'protecting all citizens' civil and legal rights', ensuring equal treatment in public places and transportation, and preventing jury exclusion.

These laws regulated the behavior of African Americans (freed and emancipated blacks). Most notably, they were laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866 after the Civil War to restrict the freedom of African Americans and force them to work for low wages.

This is an important decision made by the United States Supreme Court, which reinforced the constitutional principle regarding segregation laws and decided that separate services could be provided for African Americans and whites if the quality of the separate facilities was equal.

These were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States and elsewhere until the mid-1960s.

This is an initial reconstruction agency that helped liberate slaves in the South.

Set taxes for voting rights; these measures at the time disenfranchised many poor white and African American people.

A discriminatory procedure requiring proof of reading ability; this measure at the time deprived many poor whites and African Americans of the right to vote.

Through a loophole in the 13th Amendment, the South exploited African Americans and poor whites by legally using forced labor of those imprisoned for minor offenses.

These are white supremacist racist groups that used intimidation tactics to scare, harm, or kill black people and their supporters or white politicians in the South between 1865-1872.

Match the terms with the Reconstruction period in the South.

After Reconstruction, the South passed which segregation law?

What are men and women who were freed from slavery called?

Which event most clearly indicates the failure of Reconstruction to protect the rights of African Americans?

Discuss the role of Radical Republicans in the formation of Reconstruction policies.

Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated? His presidency was controversial due to his lenient reconstruction plan.