USH Vocab #5a

amnesty

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

pocket veto

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

Black codes

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

Carpetbagger

name given to many northerners who moved to the south after the vivil war and supporteed the republicans

scalawag

name given to southerners who suoported republican reconstruction of the south

graft

the acquistition of money in dishonest ways as in bribing a politican

sharecropper

farmers who works land for an owner who provides equipment and seed and recovers a share of the crop

sin tax

federal tax on alcohol and tobacco

tenant farmer

farmer who works land owned by another and pays in either cash or crops

crop lien

obligation placed on a farmer to repay a debt with crops

poll tax

a tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote

segregation

the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group

jim crow laws

statutes or laws created to enforce segregation

gross national product

total value of goods and services profuced by a country in a year

laissez-faire

policy that govt should interfere as little as possible in the nations economy

entrepreneur

one who organizes, manages, and assumes the rise of a business or enterprise

land grant

a grant of lan by the federal govt especially for roads, railroads, or agricultural colleges

corporation

an organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as thought it were a single person

trust

a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement, especially to reduce competition