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Reconstruction Plans
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Presidential Reconstruction | to bring the South back to the Union. |
Military Reconstruction | |
Congressional Reconstruction | Help the Freedman get civil rights. |
Reconstruction | to rebuild. |
Carpetbaggers | |
John Wilkes Booth | he shot President Lincoln. |
Amnesty | to give another chance. |
Scalawags | |
Union Leagues | |
Andrew Johnson | the president after Lincoln, Democrat, believed in states rights, disliked wealthy slave owners, and also supported the South. |
Civil Rights | are the rights of individuals to political,economic, and social equality. |
Suffrage | right to vote. |
14th Amendment | Made it constitution all for former slave owners to deny rights to freed people. |
13th Amendment | Abolished slavery nationwide. |
15th Amendment | Granted voting rights to all male citizens regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." |