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AMH 1.2 Reconstructi
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scalawag | White men locked out of pre-Civil War politics by the wealthy. |
| carpetbagger | Label given to opportunists coming to make money off of the South's misfortune. |
| segregation | The separation of races. |
| integration | Combining the previously segregated schools. |
| sharecropping | Farming system where landowners dictate crops and provide "sharecropper" with a home and tools, in exchange for a share of the crops. |
| share-tenancy | Similar to sharecropping, except the farmer dictates his own crop and uses his own tools before sharing with the landowner. |
| Ku Klux Klan | Southern white group meant to terrorize African Americans. |
| Enforcement Acts | Acts that made it a crime to interfere with a citizen's right to vote. |
| tenant farming | Farming system where farmers paid rent to landowner and was free to choose where to live and what to farm. |