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8-5 Vocab Flashcards

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Carpetbaggers

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derogatory (mean) term to describe northerners. they would try to make dishonest bussinessmen

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Reconstruction

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1865-1876

rebuilding period of the south after the civil war

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Scalawags

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white southerner helping with reform movement.

Republican Party

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Impeach

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legal term that means to accuse formally

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Ku Klux Klan

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white organization formed in TN in 1865.

terrorized African Americans during reconstruction

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Guilders Age

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time when Americans were more interested in gaining wealth than moral issues. after the civil war. names by mark twain

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Petition

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document signed by a bunch of citizens voicing their opinion or point of view

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Controversial

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unpopular issue

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