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HMS 7 Ch 18
The Reconstruction Era
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| reconstruction | period of rebuilding , and readmitting, the Southern states to the Union |
| amnesty | forgiveness of any crimes committed; granting a pardon for crimes |
| black codes | laws designed to help control newly freed African Americans, and for plantation owners to take advantage of freed workers |
| override | to reject, or defeat, something that has already been decided |
| impeach | to formally charge a public official with wrongdoing |
| scalawags | name given by former Confederates to Southern whites who supported Republican Reconstruction of the South |
| corruption | dishonest, or illegal, acts |
| integrated | to blend into a united whole |
| sharecropping | system of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner, who provides equipment and seeds in return for a share of the crop |
| poll tax | a tax a person must pay to vote |
| literacy test | required potential voters to be able to read and write at a certain level |
| grandfather clauses | allowed people to vote if their father, or grandfather, had voted before Reconstruction began |
| segregation | separation of a class, or group |
| lynching | putting to death by the illegal action of a mob |
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