Will give unit 6 - reconstruction match the word to the correct definition. period where congress took responsibility for bringing the south back into the union. __3__ period where the military took responsibility for bringing the south back into the union; the south was divided into military districts. __2__ gave african-americans united states citizenship __5__ laws created by southern legislatures during reconstruction that took away the civil rights of freedmen. __6__ ended slavery in the united states. __4__ gave african-american men the right to vote.