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Reconstruticion voca
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 killied |
13 th Amendment | abolished slavery |
Reconstruction Act of 1867 | gave african american men the right to vote. No former confederate leaders could hold office or vote. Made by US congress |
black codes | Laws made by the south before the civil war to keep african americans from having rights |
Freedmen's Bureau | Formed to help freed slaves. It built hospitlas and schools. |
Carpetbager | People who came from the north to start businesses |
Scalawags | Southrens 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 |
Impeachment | Charges of wrong doing an elected officials |
Segregation | Separation |
Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after reconstruction that enforced segregation |
Sharecropping | renting land from landowners and paying rent with portion of the crop |
Grandfather Clause | exceptions put in laws to help make changes easier |
Involuntary servitude | having to serve not by ones 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 or shorten |
Insurrection | rebellion against your own |
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 |