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Reconstruction Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assassination | Murder of a political or government leader |
| Reconstruction | Rebuilding and healing a country after 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 |
| Freedmen's bureau | formed to help freed slaves. it built schools and hospitals. |
| carpetbagger | people who came from the north to start businesses 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 |