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RECONSTUCTION
SECTION ONE
| Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| reconstution | period of rebuilding the nation after the Civil war |
| radical republican | one of the congressional republicans who wanted to detroy the political power of slaveholders and to give African Americans citizenship and the right to vote |
| Thaddeus Stevens | one of the leaders of the Radical Republic |
| Wade-davis Bill | Bill passed by Congress, and vetoed by President Lincoln, that would have given Congress control of Reconstruction |
| Andrew Johnson | President after Lincoln's assassination |
| Freeman's Bureau | Governmenrt agency that helped former slave and poor whites by giving out food and clothing and by setting up schools and hospitals |
| black codes | Laws enacted in many Southern states that discriminated against African American |
| 14th Amendment | Gave African Americans citizenship |
| impeach | Legal process to formally change the president with misconduct in office |
| 15th Amendment | Banned states from denying African American the rignt to vote |