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Unit 12 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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John Wilkes Booth | Southerner that assassinated president Lincoln at Ford's Theater |
13th Amendment | Officially abolished slavery in the United States of America |
14th Amendment | Defined citizenship and guaranteed equal protection under the law for African Americans |
15th Amendment | Gave African American men the right to vote |
Ten Percent Plan | The name of Lincoln's plan for reconstruction |
Andrew Johnson | Democrat from Tennessee; he was Lincoln's vice president and became president after his assassination |
Andrew Johnson | His plan for reconstruction was too lenient, encouraged states to pass black codes; vetoed legislation passed by congress |
Radical Republicans | Group of Congress men whose reconstruction plan was to harsh on the south |
Black codes | Laws passed by individual states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans |
Military Reconstruction Act | Law passed by Congress that divided the southern states into five military districts unit the 14th and 15th amendments |
Freedmen's Bureau | Government agency that was created to help newly freedmen and poor whites with jobs, medical, and education |
Poll tax | State law that requires citizens to pay a fee before they are able to vote |
Tenure of Office Act | Law Passed by Congress and vetoed by Andrew Johnson |
Impeachment | to formally charge the president with a crime |
Freedmen | Slaves freed by the 13th amendment |