Paulson 7 Vocabulary Dec.16-20, 2019

A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.

To execute, by hanging, without lawful approval.

A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.

To divide into parts and distribute

Acts of violence designed to promote a specific ideology or agenda by creating panic among an enemy population.

The state of being extremely poor.

A disadvantage or inconvenience.

Law adopted in 1870 to extend voting rights to African Americans.

Four year economic depression caused by over speculation on railroads and western lands, and worsened by President Grant's poor fiscal responsibility.

Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet, 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river

Someone who campaigns for voting rights.

One who goes against; rival.

An action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.

Not having the right knowledge, experience, or qualifications to do something.

Period when business activity slows, prices and wages drop, and unemployment rises