ReConstruction Vocabulary Crossword

Era of military occupation in the Southern United States after the American Civil War (1865–1877)
an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses:
restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
use one's authority to reject or cancel
a Northerner in the South after the American Civil War usually seeking private gain under the reconstruction governments.
dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery
a clause exempting certain classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of legislation affecting their previous rights, privileges, or practices.
(of a tenant farmer) cultivate (farmland) giving a part of each crop as rent
a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources:
an examination to determine whether a person meets the literacy requirements for voting, serving in the armed forces
bring (people or groups with particular characteristics or needs) into equal participation in or membership of a social group or institution:
the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart:
a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal.
to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
call into question the integrity or validity of (a practice):
a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower: