Paulson 7 Vocabulary Nov. 15-21, 2019

The period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.

False or misleading information that is spread to further a cause.

After the Civil War, a group that believed the South should be harshly punished and thought that President Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate towards the South.

A constitutional amendment giving full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, except for American Indians.

Found not guilty.

To stop one from doing something; prevent.

Person whose views are between conservative (limited) and liberal (free thinking) and may include some of both ideologies.

A person with certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community.

The power to overturn a presidential veto by a 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress.

A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states.

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.

Having been deserted, left behind or cast off.

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.

School set up to educate newly freed African Americans