Reconstruction Vocab

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To say no

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Veto

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Formal charges against:

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Impeach

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Applied or created based on authority

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Imposition

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Ability or capacity

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Capability

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Approve:

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Ratify

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Abolished slavery

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13th Amendment

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Gave African American males the right to vote

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15th Amendment

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Gave African Americans citizenship

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14th Amendment

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Members of Congress wanting control of Reconstruction

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Radical Republicans

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Laws limiting freed African Americans

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Black Codes