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Unit 7 Vocabulary
Unit 7: Reconstruction and the Jim Crow South
Term | Definition |
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pardon | a removal of the legal consequences of an offense or conviction |
scalawag | white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit. Derisive |
fraud | wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain |
lien | a right to keep property belonging to another person until a debt is owed by that person is paid |
sympathizer | a person who agrees with or supports an opinion |
confiscated | take (someone's property) with authority |
supremacy | the state of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status |
occupation | the state of being occupied by military force |
segregation | the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people |
insurgency | an active revolt or uprising |