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Unit 7 EOY PINER
TX Reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | the effort, after the Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back in the union. |
| Nullify | to cancel. |
| Pardon | an official release from punishment for a crime. |
| Provisional Government | a temporary government. |
| Juneteenth | June 19th, the date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people. |
| Freedman | a formerly enslaved person. |
| Black Codes | laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War, |
| Radical Republican | a Republican who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction. |
| Ku Klux Klan | a secret organization of white men formed after the Civil War that used violence and terror against African Americans. |
| Carpetbagger | a Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government. |
| Scalawag | a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction. |
| Compulsory | required. |