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ch. vocab17 & 19
mcgraw - hill ch. vocab17 & 19
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| reconstruction | the effort after the civil war to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back to the union |
| pardon | an official release from punishment for a crime |
| provisional government | a temporary government |
| nullify | to cancel |
| juneteeth | june 19th the date celebrated as the anniversary of emancipatation day for enslaved people in texas |
| freedman | a formaly enslaved person |
| black codes | 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 reconsturction |
| ku klux klan | a secret organization of whitemen formed after the civil war that used violence and terror against african americans |
| carpet bagger | a northerner in the south working for a reconstruction government |
| scalawag | a white southerner who supported reconstruction |
| compulsory | required |
| convene | to gather for a meeting |
| ceased | to end; to stop doing a action |
| corrupt | dishonest or immoral |
| policy | set of actions planned or undertaken by government leaders to address a issue |
| pacifism | the belief that it is wrong to use violence to settle conflicts |
| encounter | a meeting between more than 2 individuals or groups |
| sinew | strong tissue that connects muscles to bones |
| tactic | a course of action used to achieve a goal |
| segragated | sperated based on members membership in racial or ethnic group |
| buffalo soilder | an african american soilder serving in the western united states after the civil war |
| deserter | a person who illegally leaves the armed forces while still required to serve |
| renegade | a person who rejects lawful behavior |
| commit | to carry out |
| ranchero | the spanish word for rancher |
| open range | public land that can 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 live stock overland to market |
| stockyard | a place where livestock are planned before they are slaughtered or shipped elsewhere |
| fee | money charged in exchange for a service or permission to take a action |
| image | set partly unreal ideas associated with a person or object |
| wrangler | a ranch hand who takes care of saddle horses |
| qaurantine | a state of enforced isolation designed to prevent the spread of disease or pest |
| mustang | the small hardy forse of the west descended from horses braought by the spanish |
| felony | a serious crime for witch punishment may be imprisonment or death |
| drift fence | barbed wire fence dozensf miles long used in panhandle to mark the northern and southern limits |
| method | a way or system of doing something |
| series | a number of things or events that are arranged or happen on after another |
| dry farming | a farming approach that uses careful plowing ti keep loose soil on top |
| fallow | left unplanted for one more growing season |
| tetant farmer | a farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or shares of the crop |
| share cropper | a farmer who works in exchange for labor, and is provided with seed |
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