Ch. 18 Vocab Review

Front

Rebuilding the South and readmitting Southern states into the Union.

Back

Reconstruction

Front

Pardon granted to many individuals

Back

Amnesty

Front

Laws in the South post-Civil War aimed at controlling freed men and women, benefiting plantation owners.

Back

Black Codes

Front

Reject or defeat something already decided

Back

override

Front

Charge a public official with misconduct.

Back

impeach

Front

Amendment that abolished slavery in the U.S.

Back

13

Front

Amendment stating all persons are citizens of the U.S.

Back

14

Front

Amendment prohibiting voting discrimination based on race, color, or servitude.

Back

15

Front

Name given by former Confederates to Southern whites supporting Republican Reconstruction.

Back

Scalawag

Front

White Northerner who moved to the South after the war.

Back

Carpetbagger