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reconstruction voca
| 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 US congress |
| `Freedom's Bureau | formed to help freed slaves. It build hospital 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 ( 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 and playing 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 | immensities, 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 preserve the rights of citizens |
| naturalization | to give the rights of being a citizen to someone not born in the US |
| obligation | a promise , contract , or sense of duty |