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Reconstruction Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assassination | Murder of 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 the US Congress |
| Freedman's Bureau | Formed to help freed slaves. It build hospitals and schools |
| Carpetbagger | People who came from the north to help make businesses in the South |
| Scalawags | Southerners who supported Reconstucion |
| 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 (including African Americans) |
| Impeachment | Charges of wrong doing by an elected officials by Congress |
| Segregation | Seperation |
| 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 | Immunities. being not allowed to do something others are not |
| Area of Control | Jurisdiction, where one has influence |
| Abridge | To take away, shorten |
| Insurrection |