RECONSTRUCTION

FREEDMEN

• A person who has been freed from slavery
• Sentence: Many Freedmen did not have homes or jobs

FREEDMEN'S BUREAU

• It was created by the U.S Congress to
• Help former slaves face the challenges
• That came with freedom.
• Sentence: The Freedmen's Bureau provided food,shelter,
• And medicine to freed Texans.

14th AMENDMENT

• Citizenship to Former Slaves
• Sentence:The 14th amendment is a very important that
• defines what it means to be a US citizen and
• Protects certain rights of the people

15TH AMENDMENT

• African American men got the
• Right to vote.
• Sentence:Dred Scott v. Sanford set the rule for African Americans
• Not voting and this rule was in place until the 15th Amendment.

KU KLUX KLAN

• It was a secret group created by
• The farmers or Confederate soldiers that did not want
• African Americans to have more rights
• Sentence: The Ku Klux Klan used threat and voilence
• To stop African Americans from voting.

MARCH 8 ,1870

• Texas was readmitted into the Union on March 8,1870
• Sentence: Texas joined the Union again on March
• 8,1870.

GOVERNMENT EDMUND DAVIS

• He won the race for governor in 1869. The Government created a state
• Police force and state militia.
• Sentence:Governor Davis proposed several programs
• That the legislature made into laws.