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a. 13th Amendment: banned slavery in the United States. This could mean that
millions of former slaves now had the chance to own land, go to school, reunite
with their families and live as free people.
b. Legislators: the people who make the laws in a legislative body like Congress or
the state assemblies. When the Civil War ended, the same people who had led
the south out of the nation were voted into power by southern whites.
c. Johnson’s Plan: his plan gave a government pardon to most Confederates and
allowed southern states to quickly reenter the union, as all they needed to do
was ratify the 13th Amendment and ban slavery.
d. Black Codes: southern states made new laws called black codes to limit the
freedom of black people. These codes, which varied by state, barred freepeople
from voting, serving on juries, owning guns, and even moving around.
e. 14th Amendment: passed by Congress in order to protect the rights of
freepeople. This law stated that all people born in the United States are citizens,
says a state cannot deprive someone of “life, liberty or property, without due
process” and says that all persons are entitled to “the equal protection of the
laws” of the United States.
f. Radical: one who is extreme in his or her beliefs. The Radical Republicans were
considered radical because they believed that blacks and whites are equal and
should receive equal treatment by the law.
g. Radical Reconstruction: the time period during which the Radical Republicans
led in Congress. During this time the governments of all the states that hadn’t
ratified the 14th Amendment were removed and replaced by military rule. The
South was divided into five military districts and the United States Army
occupied the South. A state could not enter the union unless it ratified the 14th
Amendment and let black men vote. During this time, southern blacks
registered as Republicans and Republicans won all the southern states. (This is
not a model answer, as it’s too long – but I added extra because it’s information
I want you to know.)
h. Scalawags: southern whites who had opposed secession before the war and
voted Republican during Reconstruction.
i. Carpetbaggers: northerners who went south after the war for job opportunities,
businesses or political positions. They were called carpetbaggers because
southerners who didn’t like them said they were in such a rush to take
advantage of the South that they threw everything they owned into a cheap
carpetbag and went south. They also voted Republican.