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Social Unit 2 Vocab

Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary

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Abraham Lincoln 16th president; president during the Civil War; 1st president to be assassinated.
John Wilkes Booth Assassinated Lincoln at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1864.
Andrew Johnson Vice President under Lincoln; Becomes 17th president after Lincolns death.
Reconstruction Period in history (1865-1877) Period in history (1865-1877); when we put the North and the South back together as a country.
Plessy V. Ferguson (1896) Separate facilities are legal as long as they are equal.
Amnesty Government pardon.
Freedman Men and Woman who were legally freed from slavery after the Civil War.
Black Codes Southern laws that severely limited the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
Scalawag Southern white who had opposed secession.
Carpetbagger A uncomplimentary nickname for a Northern White who went to the South after the Civil War to start a business or pursue a political career.
Impeachment Process of bring formal charges against a Public official.
Segregation Enforced separation of races.
Sharecropper A person who rents a plot of land and forms it in exchange for a share of crop.
Secede To withdraw from an organization,country, or political party.
Uncle Tom's Cabin Novel written to show the evils of slavery.
Republican Party Political party established in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of Western territories.
Popular Sovereignty Control by the people
Fugitive Slave Act Law passed in 1850 that required all citizens to aid in the capture of runaway slaves
Emancipation Proclamation President Lincoln's 1863 declaration freeing the slaves in the Confederacy
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