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Mr. R's SS Quiz 1
Reconstrucion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Blanch K. Bruce | An elected senator who was a slave. |
| Hiram R. Revel | A minister and teacher who was elected to the senator seat that was held by Jefferson Davis before the Civil War. |
| Assassination | The silent killing of a president or a politician. |
| 13th Amendment | Stopped slavery in the US for good. |
| Black Codes | Denied blacks the right to have certain jobs, own guns, vote, and to be a juror. |
| Freedman's Bureau | An establishment to help 4 million blacks after war. They even built a black school and hospital. |
| Andrew Johnson | Vice President who took over office after Lincoln was assassinated. |
| Washington, DC | Where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. |
| Reconstruction | The rebuilding of a city or town. |
| Segregation | The separation of blacks and whites. |
| Share Cropping | Rented land were a portion of the money earned was given to the owner of the plantation. |
| Jim Crow Laws | Blacks can not eat or stay at certain places and could not sit next to whites or go to certain parks, schools, and theaters. |
| Impeachment | The charges of wrong doing of an elected official by the House of Representatives. |
| 15th Amendment | Gave black males the right to vote. |
| 14th Amendment | Said blacks were citizens and all states had to give equal protection. |