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Reconstruction Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 up by the South before the Civil War to keep African Americans from having rights |
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 |
Freedman's Bureau | formed to help freed slaves. It built hospitals and schools |
Carpetbagger | people who came from 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 |
15th Amendment | gave ALL male citizens the right to vote (inlud African Americans) |
Impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials by Congress |
segragation | seperation |
Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after Reconstruction that enforced segragation |
Sharecropping | renting land from land owners and paying rent with portion of the crop |
Grandfather Clause |