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Reconstruction
| 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 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 | gave African American men the right to vote. Of 1867 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 |
| 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 (included African Americans) |
| impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials |
| segregation | separation |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after Reconstruction that enforced segregation |
| sharecropping | renting land from landowners and paying rent |
| grandfather clause | exceptions put in laws to help make changes |
| 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 |