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13 Cards in this Set
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Reconstruction
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The reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate States after the Civil War
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Amnesty
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The granting of pardon to a large number of persons; protection from prosecution for an illegal act
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Freedmen
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Person freed from slavery
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Black Codes
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Laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers
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impeach
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Charging a public official with misconduct in office; if proven guilty before a designated court, the official is removed from office
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scalawag
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Name given by former Confederates to Southern whites who supported Republican Reconstruction of the South
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carpetbagger
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Name given to Northern whites who moved South after the war and supported the Republicans
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Share cropping
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System of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop
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poll tax
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a tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote
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literacy test
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A method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specified level
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grandfather clause
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A clause that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction began; an exception to a law based on preexisting circumstances
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Segregation
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The separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
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Lynching
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Putting to death a person by the illegal action of a mob
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