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Aberham Lincoln
offered south a compromise to make it easy for southern states to rejoin the union made 10% plan
Amnesty
group of pardon
freedman
enslaved people who had been freed by the war
John Wilkes Booth
assinated Abe
Andrew Jonson
proposed a realtively lenient plan of Reconstruction followed Lincoln's example in putting his plan into effect
black codes
new laws used by southern states to control african americans
Hiram Revles
served in senate in house of Reps
Blanche Bruce
also served in senate in the house of rep
scalawag
southern whites who opposed secssion
carpetbagger
a name given by southerners to northern whites who went south to start business or perseu political life
impeachment
bringing of formal charges against a public office
13th amendment
ended slavery and and forced labor gave congress power to make laws to enforce its terms
14th amendment
most complex, turned black people into citizens, forced = treats and whites for all
poll tax
personal tax to be paid before voting
Literacy test
a test to see if a person can read or write
Grandfather clause
a provision that allowed a voter to avoid a literacy test if is grandfather or father had been eligible to vote on Jan 1st 1867
Segregation
enforced separation of races called Jim crow laws barred the mixing of races in every aspect
sharecropping
a laborer who works the land for the farmer who owns it in exchange for a share of the value of the crop

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