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- 3. Fourteenth Amendment- an amendment to the U.S Constitution ratified in 1868 that granted citizenship to all citizens to all born in the united states this broad language included former slaves
- 4. tenant farming- an agricultural system common after the civil war where a farmer worked the land of a landowner in exchange for cash or an agreed upon share of the harvest tenant farmers usually owned some agricultural equipment and farm animals
- 5. negative nickname given to northerners who moved to the south after the civil war
- 6. Klux Klan- a secret racist organization formed in 1866 that work to keep the freedmen voting after the civil war
- 9. supremacy- white control of government and society based on the belief that the white race is a superior to any other race
- 10. James Johnson- president johnson appointed columbus attorney and unionist james johnson as provisional
- 11. crop lien- a system of credit which allowed farmers to receive commodities such as food , supplies and seeds on loan or credit and pay this debt back after their crop was harvested and sold therefore there was a lien against the crop the amount of credit that was received was based on the estimated value of the crop
- 12. Colquitt - three men controlled the governor office and the senate seats of georgia
- 13. - unfair treatment of a person or group because or prejudice
- 15. sharecropping - agricultural system common after the civil war where land less farmers worked the land of a landowner who also supplied a house farming tools and animals seed and fertilizer in return for a share of the crop harvested
- 16. Amendment - an amendment to the U.S constitution ratified in 1865 that made slavery
- 17. to separate by race
- 19. O. Howard - the bureau was led by oliver
- 21. the period immediately after the civil war when the south rebuilt and the southern states returned to the union
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- 1. McNeal Turner- a minister at the african methodist episcopal
- 2. codes- a set of laws passed by georgia and most southern states after the civil war to restrict the rights to freedmen
- 4. georgia democrats who in the period immediately following reconstruction worked save the state from the north reconstruction policies
- 7. Felton, - The independent leader was U.S Congressman Dr.william felton a planter and medical doctor representing north america
- 8. scalawag, - negative nickname given to southerners who supported the republicans during reconstruction
- 9. Bureau- a federal government organization established in 1865 that helped a newly freed slaves after the civil war
- 10. Andrew Johnson- vice president Andrew Johnson became president.
- 11. lease system -a system in georgia after the civil war in which prisoners were leased to companies were supposed to provide housing and food
- 14. Johnson- a former confederate senator
- 15. tax- a tax paid to be able to vote
- 17. Jones Jenkins- of richmond county as governor and elected new general assembly
- 18. Fifteenth Amendment- an amendment to the U.S Constitution ratified in 1870 which said race could not be used to deny voting rights
- 20. a newly freed slaves