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Reconstruticion voca

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Assassination   murder of a political or government leader  
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Reconstruction   rebuilding and healing a country after war  
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Andrew Johnson   became president after Lincoln was killied  
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13 th Amendment   abolished slavery  
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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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black codes   Laws made by the south before the civil war to keep african americans from having rights  
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Freedmen's Bureau   Formed to help freed slaves. It built hospitlas and schools.  
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Carpetbager   People who came from the north to start businesses  
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Scalawags   Southrens 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 wrong doing an elected officials  
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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 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 ones 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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Abridge   to take away or shorten  
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Insurrection   rebellion against your own  
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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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