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SC Chpt 15 Vocab
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Thirteenth Amendment | This states the freedom of slaves |
| Freedmen | Former slaves that could not read or write and had no jobs. |
| Freedmen's Bureau | A system that provided food, clothing, and medical supplies to needy blacks. |
| Reconstruction | Rebuiding |
| Radical Republicans | Those who wanted to make the South pay dearly for the war. |
| Pocket Veto | An indirect veto. |
| Black Codes | Series of laws intended to restrict the freedom of blacks. |
| Impeach | To bring charges of the wrongdoing against an elected official while that person is still in office. |
| Carpetbagger | Northern Whites who had moved south after the war. |
| Scalawag | White southerners who had not participate in the Confederacy. |
| Sharecropping | A form of tenant farming. |
| Ku Klux Klan | A club from Germany. |
| White Supremacy | The belief that the white race is superior to all other races. |
| Redeemer | Succeed in getting control of the government. |