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Reconstruction
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the time during which the South was rebuilt
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assassinated
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to murder a leader by sudden or secret attack
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black codes
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laws limiting the rights of former slaves in the South
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acquittal
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a verdict of not guilty
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freedmen
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the men, women, and children who had once been slaves
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sharecropping
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a system of working the land in which the worker is paid with a "share" of the crop instead of money
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carpetbagger
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a Northerner who moved to the South to take part in Reconstruction governments
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scalawag
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a rascal, someone who supports something for his or her own gain
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secret ballot
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a voting method in which no one knows how anyone else voted
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segregation
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the practice of keeping people in separate groups because of race or culture
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