Vocab 1
Period during which the federal government controlled the states that had seceded from the Union during the Civil War
Reconstruction
Forced separation, often by race
Segregation
Bringing different people together of different races, religions, and social classes
Integration
Constitutional Amendment that guaranteed full citizenship to all people born in the United States
14th Amendment
Negative term for Northerners who moved to the South after the war
Carpetbagger
Tax that is charged onto voters
Poll Tax
Negative term for a southern white who supported the Republican Party after the Civil War
Scalawag
Laws that restricted African Americans' rights and opportunities
Black Codes
Sharecropping
Reading and writing test formerly used in Southern states to prevent African Americans from voting
Literacy Test
Agreement by which Rutherford B. Hayes won the 1876 election
Compromise of 1877
Working land owned by someone else, except the worker has to buy the supplies and can choose what to plant
Share-tenancy
Amendment which guaranteed voting rights to all males regardless of race
15th Amendment
System in which a farmer paid rent to a landowner for use of the land
Tenant farming
A law that banned discrimination in public facilities and transportation
Civil Rights Act of 1875
State Laws passed throughout the South to enforce racial segregation of public facilities
Jim Crow Laws
Law the established federal guarantees of civil rights for all citizens
Civil Rights Act of 1866