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Texas History Unit 7
Civil War & Reconstruction (chapters 16 - 17) Currently only 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | the effort, after the Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the Union |
| pardon | an official release from punishment for a crime |
| provisional government | a temporary government |
| nullify | to cancel |
| Juneteenth | June 19th, the date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas |
| freedman | a formerly enslaved person |
| demonstrate | to show, prove, or make clear |
| black codes | laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War |
| restrict | to place a limit on a person or an action |
| Radical Republican | a republican who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction |
| Ku Klux Klan | a secret organization of white man formed after the civil War that uses violence against African Americans |
| carpetbagger | a Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction governement |
| compulsory | required |
| scalawag | a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction |