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ch,17 & 19 vocab
ch 17 & 19 vocab for mcGrew-Hill
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | the effort after the civil war to reorganize the seceded states and bring into the union |
| Pardon | an official release from punishment for a crime |
| Provisional government | a temporary government |
| nullify | to cancel |
| juneteenth | June 19th the date celebrated as the anniversary of emancipation day for enslaved people in Texas |
| black codes | laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by southern governments after the Civil War |
| pardon | an official release from punishment for a crime |
| freeman | a formerly enslaved person |
| restrict | to place a limit on a person or action |
| demonstrate | to show prove or make clear |
| 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 |
| ranchero |