| A | B |
|---|
| Carpetbaggers | Southerners referred to Northerners. |
| Scalawags | White southerners who worked with Republicans and supported Reconstruction. |
| Graft | Making money illegally through politics. |
| Compromise of 1877 | During the 1876election there was so much cheating, Congress appointed a commission to decide who won. |
| Tenant Farmer | Paying rent for the land they farmed. |
| Sharecropper | Paid a share of their crops to cover their rent. |
| Crop Lien | Merchants could now take crops to pay the debts. |
| Debt Peonage | Sharecroppers became trapped on the land. |
