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AH1 M8L2 Key Terms 2
American History 1 Module 8 Lesson 2 Key Terms 2
Term | Definition |
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Political | Affairs of the government and elected officials. |
Social | How people relate to each other. |
Economic | How money or land is used. |
Pardon | To forgive. |
Loyal | Faithful. |
Compassion | Caring and understanding about others' suffering. |
Veto | To refuse to sign a law. |
Amendments | Changes to the Constitution. |
Impeachment | The process of bringing formal charges against the President. |
Assassinate | To kill suddenly or secretively. |
Equal Protection | Guarantee that all citizens be treated the same. |
Equal Rights | The same privileges regardless of differences, like race. |
Preserve | To save or make lasting, to keep from being destroyed. |
Due Process | Fair legal procedures, such as fair trials and trials by jury. |
Citizenship | Having the rights and privileges of a member of a country. |
Acquitted | Not convicted; found not guilty. |
Naturalize | To grant full citizenship. |
Servitude | The condition of being a slave. |
Abolish | To get rid of. |
Loot | To take or steal items or goods. |
Plantation | Large farm on which crops are tended by workers. |
Poll Taxes | Money that blacks had to pay in order to vote. |
Resent | To feel angry about something because a person thinks it is unfair. |
Segregation | The separation of groups, like keeping groups of people separate because their races are different. |
Sharecropping | Landowners provided land, tools, and seeds to former slaves and poor whites who planted, tended, and harvested crops. After the harvest, landowners kept 2/3 of the crop and workers kept 1/3 of the crop. |
Tenant Farming | Landowners rented land to former slaves and poor whites who planted, tended, and harvested crops to pay off rent and debts. |