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Reconstruction Terms

Define each of the following:
Amnesty-


Disenfranchised-


Sharecropper-


Tenant farmer-


Carpetbagger-


Amendment-


Reconstruction-


Impeach-


Tenure-


Maimed-

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Answer:

1. Disenfranchise- deprive someone of the rights and privileges of a free inhabitant of a borough, city, or country.

2. Sharecropper- a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent.

3. Tenant farmer- a person who farms rented land.

4. Carpetbagger- a person proceeds as an unscrupulous opportunist.

5. Amendment- a minor change audition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.

6. Reconstruction- a thing that has been rebuilt after being damaged or destroyed or an impression, model, or the action or process of reconstructing or being reconstructed.

7. Impeach- call into question the integrity or validity of ( a practice).

8. Tenure- the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied.

9. Maimed- to wound or injure (someone) so that part of the body is permanently damaged.

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