Significance Reconstruction pg 432 Carpetbagger pg 442 443

Significance Reconstruction…………. pg. 432 Carpetbagger…………. . . pg. 442 -443 Scalawag………………. . pg. 443 Impeach…………………pg. 440 Black Codes……………. pg. 437 -438, 440 Dry Farming……………. pg. 492 -493 Radical Republican…. . pg. 440 -444 Tenant Farming………. . . pg. 495 -497 Sharecropper…………. . pg. 495 -497 Freedmen……………. . pg. 434 -435

CLASS SET § Reconstruction: The effort to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the Union. § Carpetbagger: A Northerner in the South who was working for the Reconstruction government. § Scalawag: A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction after the Civil War. § Impeach: To bring charges against. § Black Codes: Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War. § Dry Farming: A method of farming that used a type of plowing that left loose soil on top of the ground, which kept water in the ground by slowing evaporation. § Radical Republican: A Republican who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction. § Tenant Farming: Working land owned by another and paying rent either in cash or in shares of the crop. § Sharecropper: A tenant farmer who is provided with seed, tools, living quarters, and food, and receives a share of the value of the crop. § Freedmen: Freed slaves