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reconstruction vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assasination | murder of political or government leader |
| Reconstruction | rebuilding and healing a country after war |
| Andrew Johnson | became the president after Lincoln was killed |
| 13th Amendment | abolsished 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 could hold office or vote. Made by U.S congress |
| Freedoms Bureau | Formed schools and hospitals. |
| Carpet baggers | people who come from the north to start a business in the south |
| scalwags | southerners who supported Reconstruction |
| 14th Amenment | gave African Americans citizenshipand the right to equal protection |
| 15th Amendment | gave ALL male citizens the right to vote ( including African Americans) |
| impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by an a elected officals |
| impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by an a elected officals |
| segragation | separation |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after reconstruction that enforced segragation |
| Sharecropping | renting land from land owners paying rent with a proportion of the crop |
| abrigre | take taken shorten |
| insurrection | rebellion against your own country |
| due process | all steps taken to preserve the rights of citizenship |
| naturallization | to give the rights a be a ciizenship |
| obligation | a promise contract or sense of duty |