Ch. 6 Vocab

Question 1

an agricultural worker who cultivates part of another person’s land, receives supplies and equipment from the landowner and, in return gives the landowner part of the harvest

Answer 1

sharecropper

Question 2

an act of government by which pardon is granted to an individual or group of persons

Answer 2

amnesty

Question 3

clear expression of the wishes of voters, as shown in election results

Answer 3

mandate

Question 4

having had the legal right to vote taken away

Answer 4

disenfranchise

Question 5

to bring charges of a crime against a federal or state public official with the intent of removing the official from office

Answer 5

impeach

Question 6

enforced separation of racial groups in schooling, housing, and public places

Answer 6

segregation

Question 7

an agricultural worker who rents and farms land from another person and pays the rent in either cash or a portion of the crop

Answer 7

tenant farmer