Term | Definition |
Assassination | murder of a political or government leader |
Reconstruction | rebuilding and healing a country after war |
Andrew Johnson | became president after Lincoln was killed. |
13th Amendment | abolished slavery |
Black Codes | laws made by the South before the Civil War to keep African Americans form 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 the US Congress |
FreedmenĀ“s Bureau | Formed to help freed slaves . It build hospitals and schools. |
Carpetbagger | people who came from the North to start businesses in the South |
Scalawags | Southerners who supported Reconstruction |
14th Amendment | gave African Americans citizenship and the Right to equal protection under the law |
15th Amendment | gave ALL male citizens the right to vote
( included African Americans) |
Impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials by Congress |
Jim Crow laws | laws passed after Reconstruction that enforced segregation. |
Sharecropping | renting 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 ones own choice, slavery |
Deprive | to remove or take away |
Special Privileges | immunities, 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 steps taken to preserve the rights of citizens |
Naturalization | to give the rights of being a citizen to someone not born in the US |
Obligation | a promise, contract, or sense of duty |