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Chapter 6 Vocabulary

Terms in this set (27)

Compensate
to reimburse, repay, or make amends for something
Crop Lien
Credit system based on crops instead of money
Entrenched
Firmly established or deeply ingrained (deep roots)
Insurrection
open and direct revolt against a government (usually armed and violent)
Sharecropping
tenant using crops to pay rent or to be paid for labor
Tenant farming
tenant rents a plot of land and sells the crops in the market to make money and pay bills
Amnesty
general pardon for crimes against a government
Civil rights
equal rights for all (political, social, and economic)
Conempt
deep hatred or open disrespect for something
Imeach
to formally accuse a public official of wrongdoing
Integrate
to separate groups into one functioning population
Martial law
legal and physical control by the military
Suffrage
the right to vote
Illegitimate
lacking authority or authenticity
Insurgent
a person who takes part in a rebellion against a ruling power
Lynch
to murder in a vicious or brutal manner
Militant
words or actions that are combative, hostile, radical, or revolutionary
Regime
a group that dominates a government, typically one that is unpopular or dishonest
Resign
to step down or quit
Carpetbaggers
whites that moved from the North as teachers and missionaries to aid the Freedmen's Bureau
Scalawags
Southerners that supported the Union and the Freedmen's Bureau
Vagrancy
when a freedman did not have a job or home
Union Leagues
clubs where freedmen met to talk politics
13th amendment
freed the slaves
14th amendment
equal rights for all born in the U.S. regardless of race
15th amendment
right to vote for all MEN regardless of race
Black Codes
laws southerners passed to try to keep freedmen's lives as much like slavery as possible
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