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| rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War |
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| the granting of pardon to a large number of persons |
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| person freed from slavery |
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| laws passed in the south just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen |
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| to overturn, such as a bill in Congress; to defeat a veto |
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| to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office |
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| name given to Northern whites who moved south after the Civil War and supported the Republicans |
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| dishonest or illegal actions |
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| to end separation of different races and bring into equal membership in society |
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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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| settling by agreement or coming together |
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| a group of persons directed to perform some duty |
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| farm crop raised to be sold for money |
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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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| 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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| a clause that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction began |
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| the separation or isolation of a race, class or group |
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| putting to death a person by the illegal action of a mob |
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| a citizen's rights (civil rights) |
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| PRESERVATION OF THE UNION |
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| to protect the U.S. government and keep the U.S. as one country |
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| EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW |
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| all citizens would be protected by the laws of the U.S. Constitution |
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| this law overturned the black codes and gave the federal government the power to intervene in state affairs to protect African American's rights |
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