Reconstruction Era Amendments and Concepts

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13th Amendment (1865)

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Ended slavery in the United States.

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14th Amendment (1868)

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Gave African-Americans or Black people United States citizenship.

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15th Amendment (1870)

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Gave African-American or Black men the right to vote.

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Black Codes

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Laws created by Southern legislatures during Reconstruction that took away the civil rights of freedmen.

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Congressional Reconstruction (1866-1867)

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Reconstruction period where Congress took responsibility for bringing the South back into the Union.

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Military Reconstruction (1867-1877)

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Reconstruction period where the military took responsibility for bringing the South back into the Union; the South was divided into military districts.

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Ratify

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To pass.

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Repeal

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To revoke or withdraw formally or officially; usually refers to a law.

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Freedmen’s Bureau

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Federal agency created in 1865 to provide aid to former enslaved people (freedmen).

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Ku Klux Klan

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Terrorist organization created to intimidate and prevent freedmen and Republicans from gaining political power in the South.