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reconstruction vocab
Term | Definition |
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assassination | murder of a political or goverment leader |
reconstruction | rebuilding and healing a country after war |
andrew jhonson | became president after lincon died |
13th amendment | abolish slavery |
black codes | laws made by the south before the civil war to keep African Americans from having rights |
scalawags | Southerners who supported reconstruction |
14th amendment | gave African Americans citizenship ant the right to equal protection under the law |
carpetbagger | people from the north to start businesses in the south |
freedmens bureau | formed to help freed slaves it build hospitals and schools |