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Reconstruction

The period of the time after the civil war when we physically and metaphorically rebuilt the country

Poll tax

A personal tax to be paid before voting

Black codes

New laws used by southern states to control African Americans

Literacy test

A test to see if a person can read or write before voting

Amnesty

A group pardon (for a crime)

Freedmen's bureau

Agency that helped freedmen (former slaves) find jobs, the offered to help others as well

Impeachment

The bringing of formal charges against a public official

Sharecropper

A laborer who work on the land for the farmer who owns it, in exchange for a value of the crop (usually a very small value

Segregation

Forced separation of people based on race

Carpetbagger

A name given by southerners to northern whites who went to the south to start businesses or pursue political office

Grandfather clause

Laws that excused a voter from a literacy test if his grandfather had been eligible to vote

Scalawag

Southern whites that opposed secession