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reconstruction era

TermDefinition
amnesty the act of granting a pardon to a large group of people
pocket veto indirectly vetoing a bill by letting a session of Congress expire without signing the bill
black codes laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African Americans
carpetbagger name given to many Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War and supported the Republicans
scalawag name given to Southerners who supported Republican Reconstruction in the South
graft the acquisition of money in dishonest ways, as in bribing a politician
sharecropper farmer who works land for an owner who provides equipment and seed and receives a share of the crop
sin tax federal tax on alcohol and tobacco
tenant farmer farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops
crop lien obligation placed on a farmer to repay a debt with crops
poll tax a tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote
segregation the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
Jim Crow laws statutes or laws created to enforce segregation
gross national product the total value of goods and services produced by a country during a year
laissez-faire policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy
entrepreneur one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise
land grant a grant of land by the federal government especially for roads, railroads, or agricultural colleges
corporation an organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person
trust a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement, especially to reduce competition
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