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Reconstruction vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assassination | murder of a political or government leader |
| Reconstruction | rebuilding and healing a nation after a 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 concress |
| Freedmen's Bureau | Formed to help freed slaves. It built hospitlas and school |
| carpetbagger | people who came from the north to start a business in the south |
| 14th Amendment | gave African American citizenship and the right to equal protection under the law |
| 15th Amendment | gave ALL (including African Americans) men the right to vote |
| impeached | charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials by congress |
| segregation | separation |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after reconstruction that enforced segragation |
| sharecropping | renting land from landowner and paying rent with a portion of the crop |
| grandfather clause | exceptions put in laws to make changes easier |
| involuntary servitude | having to serve not by one's own choice, slavery |
| deprive | to remove or take away |
| special privileges | 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 to preserve the rights of citizens |
| naturalization | to give the rights of being a citizen to someone |
| obligation | a promise, contract, or sense of duty |