Freedmen's Bureau- A bureau dedicated to aid newly emancipated slaves.
"10 percent" Reconstruction plan- Proposed that a state can be readmitted to the Union once 10 percent of its voters had pledge loyalty to the United States.
Wade-Davis Bill- Was a bill that was passed by Congressional Republicans to require 50 percent of a state's voters to pledge of allegiance to the Union.
Black Codes- Were laws that restricted the rights of emancipated blacks.
Pacific Railroad Act- Funded the construction of the Union Pacific transcontinental railroad.
Civil Rights Bill- Was passed to counteract the Black Codes by making it a crime to deprive blacks of their rights to sue, testify in court or hold property.
Fourteenth Amendment- Extended civil rights to freedmen and prohibited states from taking away such rights.
Reconstruction Act- Divided the South into five military districts.
Fifteenth Amendment- Prohibited states from denying citizens the right to vote because of the race.
Ex parte Milligan- A case where the Supreme Court declared that military tribunals could not be used to try civilians if civil courts were open.
Redeemers- Southern Democrats politicians who tried to take control from Republican regimes in the South.
Woman's Loyal League- A woman's organization formed to end the Civil War and wanted Congress to pass an amendment prohibiting slavery.
Union League- An African American organization that worked to educate Southern blacks about civic life, built black schools and churches.
scalawags- An offensive term for pro-Union Southerners.
carpetbaggers- A term used to describe Northern businessmen and politicians who came to the South after the War to work on Reconstruction.
Ku Klux Klan- A secret society that was anti-black, and anti-anything that was not "American."
Force Acts- Passed by Congress after a wave of Ku Klux Klan violence to ban clan membership, the use of intimidation to prevent blacks from voting and gave the U.S. military the authority to enforce the acts.
Tenure of Office Act- Required the President to have approval from the Senate before removing appointees, mostly focused on Andrew Johnson.
Seward's Folly- Where William Seward purchased Alaska