Chapter 16

4. test a method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specified level
5. to unite, or to blend into a united whole; to bring races together
9. to set aside or temporarily stop operation of something
12. not counted or included
14. laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freed men and women, and allowing plantation owners to take advantage of African American workers
16. a group of officials chosen for a specific responsibility
19. putting to death by the illegal action of a mob
20. a tax a person must pay in order to vote
21. system of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop

1. the period of rebuilding the South and readmitting Southern states into the Union
2. part of southern state constitutions after the Civil War that placed high literacy and property requirements for voters whose fathers and grandfathers did not vote before 1867
3. the granting of a pardon to a large number of persons
6. a school or college for special training
7. the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
8. to become more suited to new conditions
10. The ability of an individual or organization to obtain goods or services before payment, based on an agreement to pay later
11. the effect or result of an action or event
13. to reject or defeat something that has already been decided
15. dishonest or illegal actions
17. a name given by former Confederates to Southern whites who supported Republican Reconstruction of the South
18. to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office
22. extreme or far-reaching; in favor of making wide-ranging changes