Reconstruction Vocabulary

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slaves who have been freed by the war

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Freedmen 

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official pardon

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Amnesty

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Period of time that followed the war, where the South was rebuilt

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Reconstruction

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white southerners who were against secession and supported northern Republicans during Reconstruction

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Scalawag 

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politicians who wanted a strict policy towards the South

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Radical Republicans

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laws passed in south that forbade voting, owning guns, serving on juries

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Black Codes

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required fee for voting

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Poll tax

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northerners who went south to make money from Reconstruction

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Carpetbaggers 

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removal from office

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Impeachment 

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system in which a landowner allows a worker to work the land in exchange for part of the harvest

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