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Reconstruction Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assassination | murder of a political government leader |
| Reconstruction | rebuilding or healing of a country after a war |
| Andrew Johnson | became president after Lincoln was killed |
| 13th Amendment | abolished slavery |
| Black Codes | laws made by the South before the Civil War to keep African Americans from having rights |
| Reconstruction Act of 1867 | gave African American men the right to vote . No former Confederate leaders could hold office or vote . Made by US Congress |
| Freedman's Bureau | formed to help freed slaves. It built hospitals and schools |
| Carpetbagger | people who came from the North to start business in the South |
| Scalawags | Southerners who supported Reconstruction |
| 14th Amendment | gave African Americans citizenship and the right to equal protection under the law |
| 15th Amendment | gave ALL male citizens the right to vote (included African Americans) |
| Impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials by Congress |
| Segregation | seperation |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after reconstruction that enforced segregation |
| Sharecropping | renting land from landowners and paying rent with a portion of the crop |