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Topic 9
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 13th Amendment | Constitutional amendment that banned slavery in the United States |
| Amnesty | The granting of a pardon to a person for committing an illegal ast |
| Reconstruction | Period after the civil war when the south was rebuilt; also, the federal program to rebuild it. |
| Freedman | Men and women who had been freed from slavery |
| Freedmen's Bureau | A government agency to help former slaves |
| 14th Amendment | Constitutional amendment that granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States. |
| 15th Amendment | Constitutional amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote in all states. |
| Impeach | To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office. |
| Radical Republicans | A member of Congress during Reconstruction who wanted to take power from the wealthy southern plantation owners and ensure Freedmen received the right to vote. |
| Reconstruction Act of 1867 | Divided the south into 5 military districts, guaranteed all African American men the right to vote, prevented former Confederate leaders form holding office. |
| Carpetbagger | A nickname for a northerner |