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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 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 |
| Freedmen's Bureau | Formed to help freed slaves. It built hospitals and schools. |
| 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 |
| impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by and elected official in Congress |
| segregation | seperation |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after Reconstruction that enforced segregation |
| sharecropping | renting land from land owners and paying rent with a portion of the crop |
| grandfather clause | exception 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 | immunities, 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 |