Unit 1 Vocab

Front

Money paid by contract at regular intervals.

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Annuity

Front

Absorb a group into another culture.

Back

Assimilate

Front

A plot of land assigned for cultivation.

Back

Allotment

Front

To free.

Back

Emancipate

Front

Southerners supporting Republicans and Reconstruction.

Back

Scalawags

Front

Period before the Civil War

Back

Antebellum

Front

A group of citizens formed by local law enforcement to find criminals and bring them to justice.

Back

Vigilance Committee

Front

Rebuilding the South: relationships, economy, buildings.

Back

Reconstruction

Front

A person who moves continually, often in search of food.

Back

Nomad

Front

A vast area of federal grassland for free grazing.

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Open Range