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Freemens Bureau | Federal agency created in 1865 to provide aid to former slaves (freemen) |
Ku Klux Klan | Terroist organization created to intimidate and prevent freeman and republicans from gaining political power in south |
Sharecroppers | Farm who agreed to work on a landowner’s property in exchange for land,farming equipment and seed; sharecropper were required to provide the land owner with a share of the crop |
Tenant Farmer | Farmers who agreed to work on a landow’s protery were requ to pro the lando with a share of the crop; unlik sharecroopers, tenant farmers usually owned their own farming equipment |