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Reconstruction Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assassination | Murder of a political or government leader |
| Reconstruction | Rebuliding and healing a country after war |
| Andrew Johnson | Became President after Lincoln was killed |
| 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 US Congress |
| Freedmen's Bureau | Formed to help freed slaves. It build hospitals and schools |
| Carpetbagger | People who came from the North to start businesses in the South |
| Scalawags | Southerners who supported reconstruction |
| Impeachment | Charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials by congress |
| Segregation | Separation |
| Jim Crow Laws | Laws passed after reconstruction that enforced segregation |
| Sharecropping | Renting land from landowners and paying rent with a portion of the crop |
| Grandfather Clause | Expectations 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 |