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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sharecropping | many poor blacks were forced to pay to rent farmland from wealthy landowners. the poor fell in debt even more and unable to leave their farms |
| what was the purpose of the KKK | group of southerns who used violence to terrorize the blacks in the south |
| describe reconstruction act of 1867 | created 5 military districts in the south to enforce laws |
| what ended reconstruction | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| why was Andrew Johnson impeached what law did he break | Johnson upset the congressional radical republicans by disagreeing with them over reconstruction |
| what was the result of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson | president was put on trial by the Senate, but was convicted. |