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Reconstruction vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assassination | murder of a political or government leader |
| Reconstruction | rebuilding and healing a county after war |
| Andrew Johnson | became president after Lincoln was killed |
| 13th Amendment | abolished slavery |
| Black Codes | laws made by the South before 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. |
| Freedmens Bureau | Formed to help freed slaves. It builds hospitals and schools |
| Carpetbagger | people who came from the North to businesses in the South |
| Scalawags | Southerners who supported Reconstruction |
| 14th Amendment | gave African Americans citizenship and the Right to equal protection on the law |
| 15th Amendment | gave ALL male citizens the right to vote (included African Americans |
| Impeachment | charges or wronging by an elected officials by congress |
| Segregation | separation |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after reconstruction that enforced segregation |
| Sharecropping | 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 | immunites, 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 perserve the rights of citizens |
| Naturalization | to give the rights to someone not born in the US |
| Obligation | a promise, contract, or sense of duty |