American vision chapter 12

Terms in this set (14)

the reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War

the act of granting a pardon to a large group of people

indirectly vetoing a bill by letting a session of Congress expire without signing the bill

persons freed from slavery

laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African-American workers

to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office

name given to many northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War and supported Republicans

name given to Southerners who supported Republican Reconstruction of the South

the acquisition of money in dishonest ways, as in bribing a politician

federal tax on alcohol and tobacco

farmer who works land for an owner who provides equipment and seed and receives a share of the crop

furnishing merchant

merchant who provides sharecroppers with supplies on credit at high interest rates

obligation placed on a farmer to repay a debt with crop

condition of sharecroppers who could not pay off their debts and therefore could not leave the property they worked

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