HW - Voting Rights Vocabulary

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Customs

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A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time

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Virtually

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In essence or in effect but not in fact

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Petition (Noun)

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A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause

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Petition (Verb)

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To make or present a formal request to (an authority) with respect to a particular cause

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Reconstruct

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To build or form (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed

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Servitude

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The state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful

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Ignore

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To refuse to take notice of or acknowledge

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Enforce

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Compel observance of or compliance with (a law, rule, or obligation)

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Suffrage

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The right of voting or the right to vote

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Advocate

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To speak or write in favor of something, support of something, or to urge something by argument, or to recommend something publicly