Reconstruction Vocab
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| assassination | murder of a political or government leader
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| Reconstruction | rebuilding and heading a country after war
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| Andrew Johnson | became president after Lincoln was killed
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| 13th Amendment | abolished slavery
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| black codes | laws made by the South before the Civil War to keep African Americans from having rights
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| 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
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| Freedmen's Bureau | Formed to help freed slaves. It built hospitals and schools.
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| carpetbagger | people who came from the North to start businesses in the South
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| scalawags | Southerners who supported Reconstruction
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| 14th Amendment | gave African Americans citizenship and the Right to equal protection under the law
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| 15th Amendment | gave all male citizens the right to vote
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| impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials by Congress
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| segregation | separation
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| Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after Reconstruction that enforced segregation
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| sharecropping | renting land from landowners and paying rent with a portion of the crop
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| grandfather clause | exceptions put in laws to help make changes easier
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| involuntary servitude | having to serve not by one's own choice, slavery
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| deprive | to remove or take away
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| special privileges | Immunities, being allowed to do something others are not
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| area of control | jurisdiction, where one has influence
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| abrige | to take away, shorten
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| insurrection | rebellion against your own country
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| due process | all the steps taken to preserve the rights of citizens
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| naturalization | to give the rights of being a citizen to someone not born in the US
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| obligation | a promise, contract, or sense of duty
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