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Reconstruction Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assassination | The murder of a political or government leader |
| Reconstruction | Re-building and healing a country after war |
| Andrew Johnson | Became president after Lincoln was killed |
| 13th Amendment | Abolished slavery |
| 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 |
| Freedmen's Bureau | Formed to help freed slaves. It build hospitals and school |
| Carpetbagger | People who came from the 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 the law |
| 15th Amendment | Gave all male citizens the right to vote ( included African Americans |
| Impeachment | Charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials by congress |
| Segregation | Separation |
| Jim crow laws | Laws passed after Reconstruction that enforced segregation |
| Sharecropping | Renting land from landowners an paying rent with a portion of the corp |
| Grandfather clause | Exceptions put in laws to help make changes easier |
| Involuntary servitude | Having to serve not by one's own choice, slavery |