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Unit 6
Academic vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reconstruction | time period after the civil war won in which southern states rejoin the u.s |
| amnesty | A pardon from political crime |
| assassination | the murder of someone for political reasons |
| elective franchise | the right to vote in an election |
| oath of allegiance | a promise to support and be loyal to a country |
| pardon | an expression of the presidents forgiveness |
| amendment | a law passed by congress added to the constitution |
| freedmen | an emancipation slave |
| enfranchise | give the right to vote to |
| radical | one with extreme political views and goals |
| radical republican | republicans with extreme political views |
| suffrage | process of gaining the right to vote in political elections |
| disenfranchise | process of losing the right to vote in political elections |
| veto | when congress passes a bill but the president refuses to sign it |
| impeached | charged with misconduct-leads to an impeached trial |
| bureau | an office on department responsive for certain jobs |
| civil right | the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and education |
| involuntary servitdude | a person laboring against that person's industries receiving no pay and brutal working conditions |
| white supremacy | belif that white people are the supieor race and should |
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