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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 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 cold hold office or vote. Made by US Congress |
| Freedman's Bureau | formed to help freed slaves. It built 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 the law |
| 15th Amendment | gave all male citizens the right to vote including African American |
| Impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials by Congress |
| segragation | separation |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after Reconstruction that enforced segragation |
| 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 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 |