Reconstruction Vocab Word Scramble
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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 Civil War to keep African Americans from having rights |
Reconstruction Act of 1867 | gave African Americans the right to vote no former confederate leaders could hold office or vote made by US Congress |
Freedmen'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 law |
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