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reconstruction
Term | Definition |
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assassination | murder of a political or government leader |
reconstruction | rebinding and healing |
Andrew Johnson | was president when Lincoln died. |
13th | no more slavery |
black code | African American cant vote |
reconstruction act | African American can vote |
freedmen Bureau | freed slaves |
carpetbagger | north making businesses in the south |
scalawags | southerners that help the reconstruction |
14th | African American had citizenship |
15th | male people can vote even African American |
impeached | the president has to leave |
segregation | separation |
Jim crow laws | law for segregation |
sharecropping | renting land |
grandfather clause | make law chang |
involuntary | must be a slave |
deprive | to take away |
special privileges | allowed to do something |
area of control | where one has influence |
abridge | shorten |
insurrection | rebellion your country |
due process | preserve the right of citizens |
naturalization | to be a citizen |
obligation | a promise |