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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 up 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 |
| Freedman's Bureau | formed to help freed slaves. It built hospitals and schools |
| Carpetbagger | people who came from 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 law |
| 15th Amendment | gave ALL male citizens the right to vote (inlud African Americans) |
| Impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials by Congress |
| segragation | seperation |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after Reconstruction that enforced segragation |
| Sharecropping | renting land from land owners and paying rent with portion of the crop |
| Grandfather Clause |