Reconstruction Era Vocabulary Flashcard

Front

What is the term for the process of charging a public official with misconduct while in office?

Back

Impeachment

Front

Which term describes laws that restricted the rights and freedoms of African Americans after the Civil War?

Back

Black Codes

Front

What is the process of bringing people of different racial or ethnic groups together as equals in society called?

Back

Integration

Front

What is the term for the forced separation of people based on race?

Back

Segregation

Front

What is the right to vote in political elections known as?

Back

Suffrage

Front

What term describes unfair treatment of people based on race, gender, religion, or other characteristics?

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Discrimination

Front

Who were the individuals that were freed after the Civil War?

Back

Freedmen

Front

What are the rights guaranteed to all citizens, including equality under the law and freedom from discrimination, called?

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Civil Rights

Front

What is the system called where farmers worked land owned by someone else in exchange for a share of the crops they grew?

Back

Sharecropping

Front

Who were the group of politicians in Congress that wanted strict punishment for the South and full rights for African Americans after the Civil War?

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Radical Republicans