reconstructed vocab Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
assassination | murder of a political or government leader |
reconstruction | rebuild and healing a contry 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 from from having rights |
reconstruction act of 1867 | gave african american men the rights to vote.no former confederate leaders could hold office or vote.Made by us congress |
freedoms bureau | formed to help freed slaves. It built hospitals and schools |
carpetbagger | people who came from the north to start buissnesses in the south |
scalawags | southerners who supported reconsruction |
14th amendment | gave african american citizenship and the right to equal protection under the law |
15th amendment | gave ALL male citizens the right to vote including african americans |
impeachment | charge of wrongdoing by an elected official by congress |
segergation | separation |
jim crow laws | laws passed after reconstructionthat enforced segergation |
sharecropping | renting land from landowners and paying rent with a portion of the crops |
grandfather clause | expectations put in laws to help make changes easier |
involuntary servitude | having to serve not by ones own choice slavry |
deprive | to remove or take away |
special privilegs | 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 contry |
due process | all the steps taken to preserve the rights of citizens |
naturalization | to give rights of being a citizen to someone not born in the us |
obligation | a promise contract or sense of duty |
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