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Chapter 17 Vocabulary
Rodriquez - 8th Grade - Social Studies
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03/27/2015

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Reconstruction
Definition
The reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War.
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Amnesty
Definition
The granting of pardon to a large number of persons; protection from prosecution for an illegal act.
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Radical
Definition
Extreme
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Freedmen
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A person freed from slavery.
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Black Codes
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Laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers.
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Override
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To overturn or defeat, as a bill proposed by Congress.
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Impeach
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To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office.
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Scalawag
Definition
Name given by former Confederates to Southern whites who supported Republican Reconstruction in the South.
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Carpetbagger
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Name given to Northern whites who moved South after the Civil War and supported the Republicans.
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Corruption
Definition
Dishonest or illegal actions.
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Integrate
Definition
To end separation of different races and bring into equal membership in society.
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Sharecropping
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System of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop.
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Reconciliation
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Settling by agreement or coming together again.
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Commisison
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A group of persons directed to perform some duty.
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Cash Crop
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Farm crop raised to be sold for money.
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Poll Tax
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A tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote.
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Literacy Test
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A method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specified level.
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Grandfather Clause
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A clause that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction began; an exception to a law based on preexisting circumstances.
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Segregation
Definition
The separation or isolation of a race, class, or group.
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Lynching
Definition
Putting to death a person by the illegal action of a mob.
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