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SSC CHP 17
american history chp17
Question | Answer |
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reconstruction | an act to re-build the South |
amnesty | a pardon |
radical | extreme |
Ten-percent Plan | 10% take oath for the South |
freedman | a former enslaved African American |
John Wilkes Booth | the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln |
Thirteenth Amendment | to have every state ready to join the Union |
black codes | aloud freedman to be slaves in disgues |
override | to defeat |
Fourteenth Amendment | to grant full citezenship to people born in America |
impeach | to formally over throw |
Fifteenth Amendment | alowing Afr. Amer. the right to vote |
scalawag | a person who moves to the South and supports the Republicans |
carpetbaggers | supported and served the republicans |
corruption | dishonest or illegal actions |
integrate | to move black and whites together |
sharecroppers | an item to sell |
reconciliation | coming together again |
commission | a group |
poll tax | a fee that people have to pay to vote |
literacy test | you have to be able to read and write before you can vote |
grandfather causes | if your grandfather could vote for free, you could to |
segragation | seperation of the races |
lynching | an angry mod killed a person by hanging |