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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 |
| 13 amendment | abolished slavary |
| 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 the US congress. |
| Freedoms bureau | Formed to free slaves. It built hospitals and schools |
| carpetbagger | people from the North to start business in the South |
| Scalawags | southerners who sported reconstruction |
| 14 Amendment | gave African Americans citizenship and the Right to equal protection under the law |
| 15 Amendment | gave all afircan amarican men the right to vote |