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| The reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War. |
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| The granting of pardon to a large number of persons; protection from prosecution for an illegal act. |
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| A person freed from slavery. |
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| Laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers. |
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| To overturn or defeat, as a bill proposed by Congress. |
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| To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office. |
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| Name given by former Confederates to Southern whites who supported Republican Reconstruction in the South. |
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| Name given to Northern whites who moved South after the Civil War and supported the Republicans. |
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| Dishonest or illegal actions. |
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| To end separation of different races and bring into equal membership in society. |
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| System of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop. |
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| Settling by agreement or coming together again. |
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| A group of persons directed to perform some duty. |
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| Farm crop raised to be sold for money. |
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| A tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote. |
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| A method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specified level. |
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| A clause that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction began; an exception to a law based on preexisting circumstances. |
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| The separation or isolation of a race, class, or group. |
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| Putting to death a person by the illegal action of a mob. |
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