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SSC CHP 17
american history chp17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |