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reconstructed vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| assassination | murder of a political or government leader |
| reconstruction | rebuild and healing a contry 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 from having rights |
| reconstruction act of 1867 | gave african american men the rights to vote.no former confederate leaders could hold office or vote.Made by us congress |
| freedoms bureau | formed to help freed slaves. It built hospitals and schools |
| carpetbagger | people who came from the north to start buissnesses in the south |
| scalawags | southerners who supported reconsruction |
| 14th amendment | gave african american citizenship and the right to equal protection under the law |
| 15th amendment | gave ALL male citizens the right to vote including african americans |
| impeachment | charge of wrongdoing by an elected official by congress |
| segergation | separation |
| jim crow laws | laws passed after reconstructionthat enforced segergation |
| sharecropping | renting land from landowners and paying rent with a portion of the crops |
| grandfather clause | expectations put in laws to help make changes easier |
| involuntary servitude | having to serve not by ones own choice slavry |
| deprive | to remove or take away |
| special privilegs | 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 contry |
| due process | all the steps taken to preserve the rights of citizens |
| naturalization | to give rights of being a citizen to someone not born in the us |
| obligation | a promise contract or sense of duty |