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reconstruction
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plan for reuniting and rebuilding of the south after the civil war
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freedmen
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former men women and children who had been slaves
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black codes
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laws that limited the rights of freedom
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impeach
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to bring formal charges of wrongdoing against an elected official
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sharecropper
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southerners who farmed the land using seed fertilizer and tools provided by the owner and return the planter received a portion of the crops at harvest
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poll tax
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required voters to pay a fee to vote(this prevented blacks from voting)
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literacy test
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test that requiring voters to read and explain a section of the constitution keeping uneducated freed men from voting
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grandfather clause
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if a voters father or grandfather had been able to vote on Jan. 1, 1867,the voter did not have to take the test
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segregation
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separating people of different races in public places
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lynching
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illegal seizure and execution of someone by a mob
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