Chapter 16 Reconstruction and the New South

amnesty

group pardon

freedman

enslaved people who has been freed by war

resolve

to decide to solve

black codes

new laws used by southern states to control African Americans

critic

judgements

scalawags

by their opponents were southern whites who has opposed secession

carpetbaggers

a name given by southerners to northern whites who went south to start businesses or pursue political office

register

enroll or record officially

inpeachment

is the bringing of formal charges against a public official

poll tax

a personal tax to be paid before voting

literacy test

or a test to see if a person can read an write

grandfather clause

was a provision that allowed a voter to avoid a literacy test if his father or grandfather had been eligible to vote on January 1,1867.

segregation

enforced seperation of races

sharecropper

is a laborer who works the land for the farmer who owns it in exchange for a share of the value

require

order of command

inferior

lower rank or status