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Reconstruticion voca
| 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 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 |