Reconstruction Practice Flashcard # 2

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These were used to take away the rights of African Americans in the South after the Civil War.

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Black Codes

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Agricultural & economic practice where a land owner allows a tenant farmer to work his land for a share of his crop

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sharecropping

Front

Which is the best description of Reconstruction? Options: rebuilding the US after a big earthquake, a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War, a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War, unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

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a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War

Front

Sharecropping was like a new form of slavery, because farmers were always ________________.

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in debt to the landowners

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Southern whites who backed the Republicans were called _________ , a term meaning "scoundrel" or " worthless rascal".

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scalawags.

Front

What is it called when racial groups are separated?

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segregation

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The granting of a pardon to a large number of persons

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Amnesty

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To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office

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Impeach

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President Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act. Republicans in Congress had enough votes to _________, or defeat, the veto, and the bill became law.

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Override

Front

Abraham Lincoln's approach to Reconstruction can be described as?

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Reconciliation with the South