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Reconstruction Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 Afrcan Americans from having rights |
Reconstructon Act Of 1867 | gave African Americans 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 build Hospitals and schools. |
Carpetbagger | people who came from the North to start businesses in South |
scalawags | Southerners who supported Reconstruction |
14th Amendment | gave Aferican Americans citizenship and the Right to equal protection under the law |