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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 slavery |
| black codes | laws made by the south before the Civil War to keep African Americans from having rights |
| Reconstruction | |
| 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 Buureau | Formed to help freed slaves. It build hospitals and schools. |
| Scalawags | Southerners who supported Reconstruction |
| 14 Amendment | gave African Americans citizenship and the right to equal protection under the law |
| 15 Amendment | gave all male citizens the right to vote |
| impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials by Congress |
| segeregation | separation |
| Jim Crows Laws | laws passed after Reconstruction that enforced segregation |
| sharecroping | renting land from landowners and paying rent with a portion of the crop |
| grandfather clause | exceptions put in laws to help make changes easier |
| involuntary servitude | having to serve not by one's own choice, slavery |
| deprive | to remove or take away |
| special privileges | immunizes. being allowed to do something others are not |
| area of control | jurisdiction, where one has influence |
| abridge | to take away, shorten |
| insurrection | rebellion against your own country |
| due process | all the steps taken to preserve the rights of citizens |
| naturalization | to give the rights of being a citizen to someone not born in the US |
| obligation | a promise,contract,or sense of duty |