U.S. History Terms V

Tax-in-kind

Tax paid with goods rather than money.

Freedman

Freed slave.

Black codes

Laws that limited the rights of freed men in the South after the Civil War.

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.

Radical Reconstruction

Period after the Civil War when Republicans controlled Congress and passed strict laws affecting the South.

Scalawags

White Southerner who supported the Radical Republicans.

Carpetbaggers

Name for northerner who went to the South during Reconstruction.

Sharecroppers

Farmer who works land owned by another and gives landowner part of the harvest.

Ku Klux Klan

Secret group first set up in the South after the Civil War. Members terrorized blacks and other minority groups.

Poll taxes

Fee paid by a voter in order to vote.

Literacy tests

Examinations to see if a person can read and write.