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chapter 17 vocab
chapter 17 vocabulary
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8th Grade
05/18/2011

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poll tax
Definition
fixed amount of money per person that has to be paid before a person can vote
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override
Definition
overturn or defeat, as a bill proposed in Congress
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cash crops
Definition
farm crop raised to be sold for money
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amnesty
Definition
the granting to pardon to large number of persons; protection from prosecution of a illegal act
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carpetbaggers
Definition
name given to Northern whites who hide south after the civil war and supported the Republicans
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black codes
Definition
laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedman and enabling plantation owners to exploit African american whences
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reconstruction
Definition
the reorganization and rebuilding of the former (c) states after the civil war
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scalawags
Definition
name given by (c) to southern whites who supported republican Reconstruction of the south
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impeach
Definition
charging a public official with misconduct in office; if proven guilty before designate court, the official is removed from office
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