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Reconstruction Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assassination | murder of a political or government leader |
| Reconstruction | rebuilding and healing the 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 could hold office or vote. Made by U.S Congress |
| Freedmen's bureau | Formed to help freed slaves. It builds hospitals and schools. |
| carpetbagger | people who came from the north to start businesses in the south |
| scalwags | Southerners who supported reconstruction |
| 14th amendment | gave African Americans citizenship and the right to equal protection under the law |
| 15th amendment | gave all African Americans and all males the right to vote |
| impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials by congress |
| segragation | separation between races |
| Jim crow laws | laws passed after reconstruction that enforced segregation |
| sharecropping | renting land from landowners and paying rent with a portion of the crop |
| grandfathers clause | exceptions put in laws to help make change easier |
| involuntary servitude | having to serve not by one's 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 influenced |
| 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 U.S. |
| obligation | a promise, contract, or sense of duty |