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Reconstruction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assassination | murder of political or government leader |
| Reconstruction | rebuilding and healing the country after the Civil War |
| Andrew Johnson | became president after Lincoln's death |
| 13th Amendment | abolished slavery |
| black codes | laws made by the south after Civil War to keep A.A. from having rights |
| Reconstruction Act Of 1867 | gave A.A. men right to vote. No former Confederate leader could hold office or vote |
| Freedmen's Bureau | helped freed slaves and pour whites. Built hospitals and schools |
| carpetbagger | Northerners that came to the South to start a buisness |
| scalawags | Southerners who supported Reconstruction |
| 14th Amendment | gave all U.S. citizens equal protection under the law |
| 15th Amendment | gave ALL citizens the right to vote (even A.A .) |
| 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 | exceptions 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 steps taken to preserve the rights of citizens |
| naturalization | to give rights of being a citizen to someone not born in the U.S. |
| obligation | a promise, contract, or sense of duty |