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ch. 17 & 19 vocab
Ch. 17,& 19 vocabulay
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | the effort, after the 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 |
| nullify | to cancel |
| juneteenth | June 19th,the date celebrated as the anniversary of emancipation day for enslaved people in texas |
| frreedman | a formerly enslaved person |
| demonstrate | to show, prove, or make clear |
| black codes | law limiting the right of african americans passed by southern government after the civil war |
| restrict | to place a limit on a person or action |
| radical republican | a republican who believed that congress should direct reconstruction |
| register | to record a person officially as eligible to vote |
| 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 |
| ceased | to end to stop doing 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 | the movement of cattle in large herds to a stockyard or market |
| drover | a person who moves livestock overland to market |