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Tax-in-kind
Tax paid with goods rather than money.
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Black codes
Laws that limited the rights of freed men in the South after the Civil War.
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Radical Republican
Group of Republicans in Congress who wanted to protect the rights of freedmen in the South and keep rich southern planters out of power.
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Radical Reconstruction
Period after the Civil War when Republicans controlled Congress and passed strict laws affecting the South.
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Scalawags
White Southerner who supported the Radical Republicans.
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Carpetbaggers
Name for northerner who went to the South during Reconstruction.
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Sharecroppers
Farmer who works land owned by another and gives landowner part of the harvest.
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Ku Klux Klan
Secret group first set up in the South after the Civil War. Members terrorized blacks and other minority groups.
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Poll taxes
Fee paid by a voter in order to vote.
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Literacy tests
Examinations to see if a person can read and write.
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