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history ch 17

american history ch 17

QuestionAnswer
Reconstruction Rebuilding
Amnesty a pardon
radical extreme
freedmen former enslaved persons
black codes laws passed in the south just after the Civil was aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers.
override to defeat
14th Amendment Granted full citezenship to all individuals born in the U.S.
impeach formally charge with wrongdoing
15th Amendment Prohibited the state and federal governments from denying the right vote to any male citizen because of the race.
scalawags scoundrel
carpetbaggers Northerners that arrived with their belongings in cheap suitcases made of carpet fabric.
corruption dishonest or illegal actions.
integrated include both whites and African Americans.
sharecropping the common form of farm work
reconciliation coming together again
commission a group that reviewed the election results.
cash crops crops that could be sold for money
poll tax a fee that people had to pay before voting
literacy test they had to read and explain difficult parts of state constututions or the federal constitution
grandfather clauses if your grandfather voted so could you.
segregation the separation of the races.
lynching an angry mob kills a person.
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