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Reconstruction vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assassination | murder political or government leader |
| reconstruction | rebuilding and healing a country after war |
| Andrew jaction | b became president After Lincoln was killed |
| th13 Amendment | abolished slavery African Americans from having rights |
| Reconstruction act 1867 | gave Africans Americans men the right to vote. No former confederate leaders could hold office or vote. made by US congress. |
| Black codes | laws made by south before civil war to keep |
| freemen's Burea | freemed to help free slaves. it build hospitals and schools |
| carpetbagger | people who came from the north to start buassiness in the south |
| scagawags | southerners who supported Reconsecration |
| 14th amendment | gave Africans Americans citizenship and the richt |