| literacy |
ability to read
or write |
| prejudice |
unreasonable
suspicion or hatred of a particular group |
| suffrage |
right to vote |
| tolerance |
allowing others
to practice their own customs and beliefs |
| amendment |
an addition or
change to the Constitution |
| carpetbagger |
name for a
northerner who went to the south during Reconstruction to take
government positions or in hopes of personal gain |
| impeach |
to accuse an
official of wrongdoing |
| radical |
someone of an
extreme political view |
| ratify |
to approve |
| segregation |
the separation
of different people of different races |
| sharecropper |
a farmer who
works land owned by another and gives the land owner part of the harvest |
