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Ch.17 & 19 vocab

mcgraw-hill Ch.17 & 19 voacbulary

TermDefinition
Reconstruction The effort, after Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the Union.
Pardon An official release from punishment for a crime.
Provisional Government A temporary government.
Juneteenth June 19th, the date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas.
Freedman A formerly enslaved man.
Black Codes Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War.
Nullify To cancel.
Radical Republican A Republican who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction.
Ku Klux Klan A secret organization of white man formed after the Civil War that was 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 The Spanish word for "rancher".
Open Range Public land that could be used by anyone ,usually for grazing cattle.
Drive The movement of cattle in large herds to a stockyard 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.
Wrangler A ranch hand who takes care of saddle 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 business.
Mustang The small, hardy horse of the West ,descended from horses brought by Spanish.
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