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1
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act of granting a pardon to a large group of people

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Amnesty

2
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indirectly vetoing a bill by letting a session of Congress expire without signing the bill.

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Pocket Veto

3
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laws passed in the South just after the Civil War aimed at controlling freedman and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers

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Black Codes

4
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Formally charge with misconduct in office

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Impeach

5
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something essential to the existence or occurence of something else

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Requirement

6
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Precedent

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an earlier occurance of something that may serve as a model for similar occurances in the future

7
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CarpetBagger

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name given to many Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War and supported the Republicans

8
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Scalawag

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name given to Southerners who supported Republican Reconstruction of the South

9
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Graft

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aquisition of money in dishonest ways as in bribing a politician

10
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Commissioner

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the officer in charge of a department or bureau of the public service

11
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Sin Tax

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federal tax on alcohol and tobacco

12
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Tenenat Farmer

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farmer who works land for an owner by another and pays rent in either cash or crops

13
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Sharecropper

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farmer who works land for an owner who provides equipment and seed and receives a share of the crop.

14
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Crop Lien

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obligation placed on a farmer to repay a debt with crops

15
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Debt Peonage

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condition of share croppers who could not pay off their debts and therefore, could not leave the property they worked

16
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Comprehensive

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covering a broad range or topics

17
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Outcome

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something that follows as a result of consequence

18
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Circumstance

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a factor in a problem that determine its solution