Reconstruction vocab
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| Assassination | murder of a political or government leader
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| Reconstruction | rebuilding and healing a nation after a 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 concress
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| Freedmen's Bureau | Formed to help freed slaves. It built hospitlas and school
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| carpetbagger | people who came from the north to start a business in the south
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| 14th Amendment | gave African American citizenship and the right to equal protection under the law
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| 15th Amendment | gave ALL (including African Americans) men the right to vote
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| impeached | 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 segragation
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| sharecropping | renting land from landowner and paying rent with a portion of the crop
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| grandfather clause | exceptions put in laws to 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 | being allowed to do something others are not
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| area of control | jurisdiction, where one has influence
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| abridge | to take away, shorten
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| insurrection | rebellion against your own country
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| due process | all the steps to preserve the rights of citizens
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| naturalization | to give the rights of being a citizen to someone
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| obligation | a promise, contract, or sense of duty
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