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CH, 17 & 19 vocab
CH. 17 & 19 vocabulary for McGraw-Hill
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| RECONSTRUCTION .. | the effort , after the Civil war , to reorganize the seceded states and bring back into the Union |
| NULLIFY | to cancel |
| PARDON | an official release from punihsment for a crime |
| PROVISONAL GOVERNMENT | a temporary government |
| JUNETEENTH | June 19th , the date celebrated as the anniversary of Day for enslaved people in Texas |
| FREEDMAN | a formerly enslaved person |
| BLACK CODES .. | laws limiting the rights of African American passed by Southern government after the Civile War |
| REDICAL REPUBLICAN | a republican who believed that Congress should direct Reconsturction |
| 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 Reconstuction |
| COMPULSORY .. | required |
| RECHERO .. | the SPANISH word for " rancher " |
| OPEN RENGE | public land that could be used by anyone , usually for grazing cattle |
| DRIVE | the movement of cattle in a large herds to a stock yard or market |
| DROVER | a person who moves livestock overhead to market |
| STOCKYARD | a place where livestock are penned before they are slaughtered or shipped elsewhere |
| WRANGLER | a ranch hand who takes care of saddle horses |
| QUARATINE | a state of enforced isolation designed to prevent the spread of disease or pets |
| SYNDICATE .. | a group of investors who join together to fund a business |
| MUSTANG | the small, hardy horse of the weast , descended from horses brought by the spanish |
| FELONY | a serious crime for which punishment may be imprisonment or death |
| DRIFT FENCE | barded -wire fence dozens of miles long used in Texas Panhandle to make the northern and southern limits of a ranchers land to prevent livestock from drifting off the land and wild cattle from drifting onto it and competing for food |
| DRY FARMING | a farmer approach the uses carful plowing to keep lose soil on top , slowing evaporation to keep soil moist |
| FALLOW | left unplanted for one or more giving seasons |
| TENANT FARMER | a farmer who works on land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares in crop |
| SHARECROPPER.. | a farmer who, in exchanged for labor , is provided with seeds, tools, living quarters, and food and receives a share of the value of the crop |
| REGISTER | to record a person officially as eligible to vote |
| CEASED | to end; to stop doing an action |
| FEE | money charged in exchange for a service or permission to tack an action |
| IMAGE | a set of party unreal ideas associated with a person or object |
| PROMOTE | to encourage people to tack part in activity |
| SOURCE | any person , place , or thing that supplies something that is wanted or needed |
| METHOD | a way or system of doing something |
| SERIES | a number of things or events that are arranged or happen one after the other |
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