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Vocab # 24
Mr. Thran's last vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sharecropper | a tenant farmer who gives a share of the crops raised to the landlord in lieu of rent |
| Egregious | conpicuously bad or offensive; flagrant |
| Leniency | the condition or quality of being lenient; not overly harsh or strict |
| Diatribe | a thunderous verbal attack |
| Self-Efficacy | a person's belief in his or her own ability to take ownership and succeed in a particular situation |
| Carpetbagger | a northerner who went to the South during Reconstruction |
| Gentrification | when richer people upgrade and improve deteriorated urban property, often displacing poorer people |
| Antebellum | belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War |
| Reconstruction | the period after the War (1865-1877) when the South recuperated before being readmitted to the Union |
| Grandfather Clause | an exemption that allows persons (or entities) to continue with an activity they were engaging in before it became illegal |