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reconstruction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assassination | murder of a political or government leader |
| reconstruction | rebinding and healing |
| Andrew Johnson | was president when Lincoln died. |
| 13th | no more slavery |
| black code | African American cant vote |
| reconstruction act | African American can vote |
| freedmen Bureau | freed slaves |
| carpetbagger | north making businesses in the south |
| scalawags | southerners that help the reconstruction |
| 14th | African American had citizenship |
| 15th | male people can vote even African American |
| impeached | the president has to leave |
| segregation | separation |
| Jim crow laws | law for segregation |
| sharecropping | renting land |
| grandfather clause | make law chang |
| involuntary | must be a slave |
| deprive | to take away |
| special privileges | allowed to do something |
| area of control | where one has influence |
| abridge | shorten |
| insurrection | rebellion your country |
| due process | preserve the right of citizens |
| naturalization | to be a citizen |
| obligation | a promise |