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Ch. 17 & 19 vocab

mcgraw-hill ch. 17-19 vocabulary

TermDefinition
reconstruction the effort, after the Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the union.
pardon and 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.
Freedom a formerly enslaved person.
black code 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.
demonstrate to show, prove or make clear.
Ku Klux Klan a secret organization of white men formed after civil war that used violence and terror against African Americans.
carpetbagger a Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government.
scalawag a white Southern who supported reconstruction.
ceased to end; to stop during an action.
compulsory required.
ranchero the Spanish word for "rancher".
open range public land that could be used by anyone, usually for grazing cattle.
drive movement of cattle in large herds to a stocky or market.
drover a person who moves livestock overland to market.
stockyard a place where livestock are penned before they are slaughtered or shipped elsewhere.
fee money charged in exchange for a service or permission to take an action.
wrangler a ranch hand who takes care of saddled horses.
quarantine 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 west, descended from horses brought by the Spanish.
felony a serious crime for which punishment may be imprisonment or death.
drift fence barbed wire fence dozens of miles long used in the Texas Panhandle to mark the northern and southern limits of a ranchers land to prevent live stock from drifting off the land and wild cattle from drifting on to it and competing for food.
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