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TKAM
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Literature
8th Grade
11/14/2010
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Reconstruction
 Definition
Restoring the South back to the Union (North)
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Suffrage
 Definition

The right to vote

African Americans - 1870 15th Amendment

Women - 1920 19th Amendment
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Prohibition
 Definition

18th Amendment

To make something illegal
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Crash
 Definition

The Stock Market Crash

1929

Started the Great Depression
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Harlem Renaissance
 Definition
African Americans became involved in the arts
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Carpetbaggers
 Definition
Northern Republicans who tried to take advantage of the situation in the South
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Jim Crow
 Definition

Fictional character on a TV show

Laws in the South which created/encouraged segregation 
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Confederacy
 Definition
States that seceded from the Union 
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Malevolent
 Definition
Evil/bad
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Warily
 Definition
Cautiously
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Taciturn 
 Definition
Extremely quiet
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Appalling
 Definition
Disgusting 
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Acrimonious
 Definition
bitter
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Indigenous
 Definition
Native to the region
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Futility
 Definition
Hopelessness/uselessness
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Benign
 Definition
Harmless
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Foliage
 Definition
Leaves/flowers
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Pensive
 Definition
Thoughtful
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Privy
 Definition
Outdoor toilet
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Infallible
 Definition
Cannot do wrong/knows all the answers
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Mausoleum
 Definition
Tomb
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Cantankerous
 Definition
Cranky
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Unfathomable
 Definition
Impossible to understand
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Antagonize
 Definition
Make angry/annoy
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Innate
 Definition
Inborn/born with (ability)
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Hermaphrodite
 Definition
Characteristics of both sexes
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Mortified
 Definition
Embarrassed
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Amiable
 Definition
Friendly
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Contmptuous
 Definition
Hateful
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Auspicious
 Definition
Promising
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Affluent
 Definition
Wealthy
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Hypocrite
 Definition
Not practicing what you are preaching
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Elusive
 Definition
Hard to pin down
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Congenital
 Definition
Condition at birth (born with disease)
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Countenance
 Definition
Appearance
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Benevolence
 Definition
Kindness/goodness
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Altercation
 Definition
Quarrel
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Credible
 Definition
Believable 
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Repremand
 Definition
A scolding
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Connive
 Definition
To plot against
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Fatalistic
 Definition
Defeatist/fate is in control
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Integrity
 Definition
Honest/truthfull
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Squalid
 Definition
Filthy/dirty
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Demise
 Definition
Death
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Furtive
 Definition
Sneaky/secretive
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Pinioned
 Definition
Bound/pinned down
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Aprehension
 Definition
Anxiety/fear
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Notoriety
 Definition
Famous in a negative way
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EXODUS
 Definition
Mass journey
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Turmoil
 Definition
Unrest
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Brash
 Definition
Arrogant 
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Cynical
 Definition
Distrusting of human nature
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Remorse
 Definition
Feeling of guilt
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Ruefully
 Definition
Sorrowfully
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Irascible
 Definition
Hot tempered
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Alledgedly
 Definition
Supposedly
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Elude
 Definition
Escape/evade 
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Veneer
 Definition
Thin covering/false front
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Spurious
 Definition
False/phony/bogus/fake
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Expunge
 Definition
Delete/remove
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Aquitted
 Definition
Verdict is not guilty
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Impudent
 Definition
Rude/impolite/sassy
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