The southern states passed ______________ ________________ to control the lives of African Americans and limit their freedom after slavery ended. ____ ______________ ________________ in Congress wanted to punish the South and protect the rights of freed African Americans after the Civil War. ____ The ______________ ________________ said that anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen and must be treated equally under the law. ____ The ______________ ________________ split the South into military districts to make sure the new laws for African American rights were followed. ____ Congress tried to __________________ President Johnson because they believed he broke the law and didn’t support Reconstruction. ____ The ______________ ________________ gave African American men the right to vote, no matter their race or if they had once been enslaved. ____

Reconstruction Vocabulary 9.2

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