Reconstruction

1866-1877, the period of readmitting former Confederate states to the Union and rebuilding the American South after the Civil War

Reconstruction Plan which required 10% of voters in a state to pledge loyalty to the United States and ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment before that state could rejoin the Union

Reconstruction Plan which divided the South into 5 military districts, required each state to write a new constitution supporting the Fourteenth Amendment and had to give African American men the right to vote

The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States

Established by Congress in 1865, this legislation provided supplies, food, clothing, medical services, and access to public education for African Americans (freedmen) and poor whites after the Civil War

The amendment that guarantees equal protection under the law, (it was passed to protect the rights stated in the Civil Rights Act of 1866)

The amendment that guarantees the right to vote to all men

Legislation that gave African Americans the same legal rights as whites. Vetoed by President Andrew Johnson, it was the first time Congress voted to override a presidential veto.

How did southern states respond to the passage of Reconstruction policies?

Why did Southern states pass Black Codes?