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Unit 12 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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John Wilkes Booth | southerner that assassinated Lincoln at Ford's theater |
13th amendment | officially abolished slavery |
14th amendment | defined citizenship and guaranteed equal protection under the law for African Americans |
15th amendment | African American men could vote |
ten percent plan | Lincoln's plan for reconstruction and it made it easy for southern states to join the union |
Andrew Johnson | Lincolns vice president |
Andrew Johnson | his plan for reconstruction was to lenient, encouraged states to pass black codes; vetoed legislation passed by congress |
Radical Republicans | group of congressmen whose reconstruction plan was too harsh on the south and they impeached Andrew Johnson |
Black Codes | laws passed by individual states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans |
Military Construction Act | law passed by congress that divided the southern states into five military districts until they ratified the 14th and 15th amendment |