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vicab Ch 16
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Poll Tax | A tax a person must pay in order to vote |
| Share Cropping | system of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and gets a share of the crop |
| Amnesty | the granting of a pardon to a large group people |
| Black codes | laws that aimed at controlling freed men and women, and letting plantation owners take advantage of African American workers in the south. |
| Impeach | to formally change a public official with misconduct in office |
| Segregation | separation of race, class, or group |
| Scalawag | a name given by former confederates to southern whites who supported republican reconstruction in the south |
| Lynching | putting to death by illegal action of a mob |
| Literacy Test | method to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring voters to read and write at a specific level |
| Recontruction | The period of rebuilding the south and readmitting the former confederates states into the union |
| Grandfather Clause | part of the southern state constitutions after the civil war that placed high literacy and property requirements for voters whose dad and grandpa who didn't vote before |