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| reconstruction | the time period after the civil war when the states began to rebuild the south |
| black codes | a series of southern laws to limit the freedom of African Americans |
| civil rights | The rights belonging to all citizens |
| impeach | To accuse a high public official of a crime (President) |
| segregation | the separation of people by race |
| carpetbagger | a name for Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War |
| scalawag | a name for a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction government |
| freedman | A person freed from slavery |
| sharecropping | Farming someone else's land while paying a share of the crops for rent |
| poll tax | a tax paid before someone can vote |
