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Reconstruction Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 Civil War to keep African Americans from having rights |
| Reconstruction Act of 1867 | gave African Americans 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 the south |
| scalawags | southerners who supported Reconstruction |
| 14th Amendment | gave African Americans citizenship and the right to equal protection under law |