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Reconstruction Vocabulary
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ReconstructionVocabulary
Pardon
Abolish
Reconstruction
The period of time between 1865 and 1877 when southern states were readmitted to the Union and slavery was abolished.
When someone convicted of a crime is forgiven by a government official.
to get rid of something.
Civil Rights
Disfranchisement
Due Process
The Constitutional guarantee to be treated fairly by government and have equal protection under the law.
Refers to the rights of citizens and their equal treatment.
When a group of people does not have the right to vote or they are stopped from voting.
Amendment
An official change to the US Constitution.
Union
Another name for the United States.
Amnesty
Another name for a pardon.
Veto
When the President rejects a bill and prevents it from becoming a law.
Segregation
When people are separated by race in public spaces.
Servitude
The state of being enslaved.
Black Codes
Laws created in Southern states to deprive African Americans of their rights and provide cheap labor.
Congress
The legislative branch of the United States responsible for writing laws.
Sharecropping
A system of farming where a farmer 'rents' land from a landowner, exchaning crops and money for the use of the land.
Freedmen
Another name for African Americans freed by the 13th Amendment.