the period following the civil war
Reconstruction
a amendment to construction ratified in 1865
Thirteenth Amendement
law passed by the southern states
Freedman’s Bureau
a system common in the south in the late 1800’s
Sharecoping
an amendment ratified in 1868
Fourteenth Amendment
an amendment ratified in 1870
Fifteenth Amendment
to charge a Goverment official with wrong doing
Impeach
a secret society
Ku Klux Klan
laws passed by southern states
Jim Crow Laws
the Separation of blacks and whites
Segregation
17th president of United States
Andrew Jackson
the first African American to serve full term in United States Senate
Blanche K. Bruce
1901 first African American Senator
Hiram R. Revels