Reconstruction Vocabulary

1. A course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.
8. to make something last longer
10. To treat someone or group of people poorly because of something about them
13. The state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful.
14. a condition or requirement in a legal document
15. To dislike someone or something

1. an elected government position
2. An alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.
3. Putting aside differences to restore peace and friendship
4. to watch over
5. A person from the northern states who went to the south after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
6. to come back together
7. A three step process including, rebuilding the devastated south, providing rights and protection for African Americans, and building a process for readmitting the southern states back in to the Union
9. supporting Union or Central Government
11. To come to an agreement, to give and take
12. how you will be remembered