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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 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 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 the law |
15th Amendment | gave ALL male citizens the right to vote (included African Americans) |
Impeachment | charges of wrongdoing by an elected officials by Congress |
Segregation | separation |
Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after Reconstruction that enforced segregation |
Sharecropping | renting land from landowners and paying rent with a portion of the crop |
Grandfather Clause | exceptions put in laws to help make changes easier |
Involuntary Servitude | having to serve not by one's own choice, slavery |
Deprive | to remove or take away |
Special Privileges | 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 country |
Due Process | all the steps taken to preserve the rights of citizens |
Naturalization | to give the rights of being a citizen to someone not born in the US |
Obligation | a promise, contract, or sense of duty |