Reconstruction

3. Court The highest court in the United States. It interprets laws and decides whether they follow the Constitution.
5. Protection Same rights, privileges, and protections will be provided to all people.
6. Elected members of Congress who represent the people.
8. The lawmaking branch of the U.S. government, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
9. Changes or additions to the Constitution. They help update the rules of our country as things change over time.
11. of the 1870s In the 1850s, Southern Democrats supported slavery. During Reconstruction (1870s), they opposed civil rights and voting rights for African Americans. They supported Jim Crow Laws and Black Codes.
14. of 1877 An agreement that gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for removing federal troops from the South, which ended Reconstruction.

1. When someone is killed on purpose, usually a famous or important person, often for political or personal reasons.
2. Address A short speech by President Lincoln during the Civil War. He gave it to honor soldiers who died in the Battle of Gettysburg and to remind people that the U.S. was built on freedom and equality.
4. Bureau A government group that helped freed slaves and poor people after the Civil War. It gave them food, clothes, jobs, and helped them go to school and stay safe.
7. Period of reuniting the North and the South after the Civil War that lasted from 1865 to 1876.
10. of 1876 A disputed presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden. It led to the Compromise of 1877 and the end of Reconstruction.
12. Legal status of being a citizen of a country that comes with duties and responsibilities.
13. the Law Protected by the laws of the country or government.