Term | Definition |
Assassination | murder of a political or government leader |
Reconstruction | rebuilding and healing a county after war |
Andrew Johnson | became president after Lincoln was killed |
13th Amendment | abolished slavery |
Black Codes | laws made by the South before Civil War to keep African Americans from having rights |
Reconstruction Act of 1867 | gave African American men the right to vote. No former Confederate leaders could hold office or vote. made by Us Congress. |
Freedmens Bureau | Formed to help freed slaves. It builds hospitals and schools |
Carpetbagger | people who came from the North to businesses in the South |
Scalawags | Southerners who supported Reconstruction |
14th Amendment | gave African Americans citizenship and the Right to equal protection on the law |
15th Amendment | gave ALL male citizens the right to vote (included African Americans |
Impeachment | charges or wronging 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 | immunites, 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 the steps taken to perserve the rights of citizens |
Naturalization | to give the rights to someone not born in the US |
Obligation | a promise, contract, or sense of duty |