A two chambered lawmaking body consisting of a house and senate composed of members that represent people in districts and states
During Radical Reconstruction blacks gained rights in the South that would have been unthinkable just decades earlier, and some were elected to office. Radical Reconstruction also saw the South's first publicly funded education system, economic development programs and anti-discrimination laws.
The Virginia Plan was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.
<span>A 'poll tax" was a restrictive measure that required voters to pay to vote</span>
