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Blanche K. Bruce |
another african american senator from mississippi |
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scalawags |
southern whites who supported republican policy throughout reconstruction |
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carpetbaggers |
northern whites who moved south and served as republican leaders during reconstruction |
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corruption |
dishonset or illegal actions |
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kkk |
ku klux klan |
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integrated |
include both blacks and whites |
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segregated |
seperation of races |
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reconciliation |
coming together again |
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amnesty act |
passed in 1872 |
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Rutherford B. Hayes |
a governor of ohio who ran for president as a republican in the election of 1876 |
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commision |
group |
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Tilden |
democratic canidate of the 1876 presidental election |
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compromise of 1877 |
ended reconstruction |
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cash crops |
crops that could be sold for money |
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poll tax |
fee that people had to pay before voting |
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literacy test |
a test in which thay had to read and explain difficult parts of state constitutions or the federal constitution |
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