Reconstruction Vocabulary

1. an African American who migrated from the South to Kansas in the post-Reconstruction years
5. Codes Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
6. the right to hold an office once a person is confirmed
8. to execute, by hanging, without lawful approval
9. tax A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
11. open to people of all races or ethnic groups without restriction; desegregated
13. clauses Laws that allowed people to vote as long as their grandfather was permitted to vote prior to 1866. It targeted African Americans.
14. Soldiers Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought in the wars against Native Americans living on the Great Plains during the 1870s
15. rights the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law

2. Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
3. A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states
4. A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
7. the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
10. An office that provides specific information
12. white Southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction